Conceptual Breakthroughs in The Evolutionary Biology of Aging
- 1st Edition - July 10, 2023
- Latest edition
- Authors: Kenneth R. Arnold, Michael R. Rose
- Editor: John C. Avise
- Language: English
Conceptual Breakthroughs in the Evolutionary Biology of Aging continues the innovative Conceptual Breakthroughs series by providing a comprehensive outline of the major breakt… Read more
Description
Description
Conceptual Breakthroughs in the Evolutionary Biology of Aging continues the innovative Conceptual Breakthroughs series by providing a comprehensive outline of the major breakthroughs that built the evolutionary biology of aging as a leading scientific field. Following the evolutionary study of aging from its humble origins to the present, the book's chapters treat the field’s breakthroughs one at a time. Users will find a concise and accessible analysis of the science of aging viewed through an evolutionary lens. Building upon widely-cited studies conducted by author Michael Rose, this book covers 30 subsequent years of growth and development within the field.
The book highlights key publications for those who are not experts in the field, providing an important resource for researchers. Given the prevailing interest in changing the aging process dramatically, it is a powerful tool for readers who have a vested interest in understanding its causes and future control measures.
The book highlights key publications for those who are not experts in the field, providing an important resource for researchers. Given the prevailing interest in changing the aging process dramatically, it is a powerful tool for readers who have a vested interest in understanding its causes and future control measures.
Key features
Key features
- Reviews cell-molecular theories of aging in the light of evolutionary biology
- Offers an evolutionary analysis of prospects for mitigating aging not commonly discussed within private and public sectors
- Provides readers with a radically different perspective on contemporary biological gerontology, specifically through the lens of evolutionary biology
Readership
Readership
Researchers in evolutionary biology, human evolution studies, and aging studies
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in evolutionary biology studies
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in evolutionary biology studies
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Natural Selection is the Ultimate Determinant of Aging
2. Basic Mathematics of Selection with Age-Structure and Matching Lab Data
3. First Explanation of Aging by Age-Specific Patterns of Selection
4. First Proposal of the General Idea of Declining Force of Natural Selection
5. Hypotheses for the Evolutionary Genetics of Aging
6. Absence of a Lansing effect in Inbred Drosophila
7. Presence of Aging in a Fish with Continued Adult Growth
8. Mathematical Derivation of the Forces of Natural Selection
9. Falsification of the Somatic Mutation Theory
10. Falsification of the Translation Error Catastrophe Theory
11. Proposal of Experimental Designs to Test Evolutionary Theories of Aging
12. Accidental Evolutionary Postponement of Aging
13. Experimental Evolution of Accelerated Aging in Tribolium
14. Development of Evolutionary Genetics in Age-Structured Populations
15. Application of Charlesworth’s Theory to the Evolution of Aging
16. Full Development of Evolutionary Genetic Theory for Aging
17. Quantitative Genetics tests of Hypotheses for the Evolution of Aging
18. Reproducible Mitigation of Aging by Postponing the Decline in Forces of Natural Selection
19. Discovery and Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Mutants with Extended Lifespan
20. Further Mathematical Characterization of Evolution with Antagonistic Pleiotropy
21. Genetic Covariation is Shifted to Positive Values by Inbreeding
22. Additional Experiments Supporting Antagonistic Pleiotropy
23. Direct Demonstration of Non-Aging in Fissile Species
24. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Shown for Aging
25. Evolutionary Physiology of Aging
26. Accelerated Senescence Explained in terms of Inbreeding Depression
27. Reverse Evolution of Aging
28. Genetic Analysis of Aging in Males
29. Quantitative Genetic Analysis of How Many Genes Determine Aging
30. Evidence for Senescence in the Wild
31. Molecular Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the Evolution of Aging
32. The Evolutionary Logic of Extending Lifespan by Dietary Restriction
33. Selection for Stress Resistance Increases Lifespan
34. In Late Adult Life, Mortality Rates Stop Increasing
35. Evolution of Increased Longevity Among Mammals in the Wild and the Lab
36. Evolutionary Physiology of Dietary Restriction
37. Genetic Association between Dauer Metabolic Arrest and Increased Lifespan
38. Experimental Evolution of Aging is Connected to Development
39. Evidence for Mutation Accumulation affecting Virility Aging
40. Deep Physiological Research into the Evolution of Aging Supports Organismal Mechanisms
41. Late-life Mortality Plateaus Explained using Evolutionary Theory
42. Falsification of Lifelong Heterogeneity Models for the Cessation of Aging
43. Discovery of Drosophila Mutants Sometimes Increasing Longevity
44. Nematode Longevity Mutants show Antagonistic Pleiotropy
45. Experimental Evolution of Life-History fits the Evolutionary Analysis of Late Life
46. Breakdown in Correlations between Stress Resistance and Aging
47. Alternative Indicators for the Forces of Natural Selection Proposed
48. Development of Demographic Models that Separate Aging from Dying
49. Genome-wide Sequencing of Experimentally Evolved Aging Reveals Many Genetic Sites
50. Studying the Evolutionary Origins of Aging in Bacteria
51. Evolutionary Transcriptomics also reveal Complex Physiology of Aging
52. Late Life is Physiologically Different from Aging
53. Genomic Studies of Centenarians Having Low Scientific Power
54. Evolutionary Genetic Effects Produce Two Evolutionary Biologies of Aging
55. Experimental Evolution can Produce Non-Aging Young Adults
56. The Heart is Implicated in the Evolution of Aging
57. Machine Learning Unpacks the Genomics of the Evolution of Aging
2. Basic Mathematics of Selection with Age-Structure and Matching Lab Data
3. First Explanation of Aging by Age-Specific Patterns of Selection
4. First Proposal of the General Idea of Declining Force of Natural Selection
5. Hypotheses for the Evolutionary Genetics of Aging
6. Absence of a Lansing effect in Inbred Drosophila
7. Presence of Aging in a Fish with Continued Adult Growth
8. Mathematical Derivation of the Forces of Natural Selection
9. Falsification of the Somatic Mutation Theory
10. Falsification of the Translation Error Catastrophe Theory
11. Proposal of Experimental Designs to Test Evolutionary Theories of Aging
12. Accidental Evolutionary Postponement of Aging
13. Experimental Evolution of Accelerated Aging in Tribolium
14. Development of Evolutionary Genetics in Age-Structured Populations
15. Application of Charlesworth’s Theory to the Evolution of Aging
16. Full Development of Evolutionary Genetic Theory for Aging
17. Quantitative Genetics tests of Hypotheses for the Evolution of Aging
18. Reproducible Mitigation of Aging by Postponing the Decline in Forces of Natural Selection
19. Discovery and Characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans Mutants with Extended Lifespan
20. Further Mathematical Characterization of Evolution with Antagonistic Pleiotropy
21. Genetic Covariation is Shifted to Positive Values by Inbreeding
22. Additional Experiments Supporting Antagonistic Pleiotropy
23. Direct Demonstration of Non-Aging in Fissile Species
24. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction Shown for Aging
25. Evolutionary Physiology of Aging
26. Accelerated Senescence Explained in terms of Inbreeding Depression
27. Reverse Evolution of Aging
28. Genetic Analysis of Aging in Males
29. Quantitative Genetic Analysis of How Many Genes Determine Aging
30. Evidence for Senescence in the Wild
31. Molecular Genetic Variation at Selected Loci in the Evolution of Aging
32. The Evolutionary Logic of Extending Lifespan by Dietary Restriction
33. Selection for Stress Resistance Increases Lifespan
34. In Late Adult Life, Mortality Rates Stop Increasing
35. Evolution of Increased Longevity Among Mammals in the Wild and the Lab
36. Evolutionary Physiology of Dietary Restriction
37. Genetic Association between Dauer Metabolic Arrest and Increased Lifespan
38. Experimental Evolution of Aging is Connected to Development
39. Evidence for Mutation Accumulation affecting Virility Aging
40. Deep Physiological Research into the Evolution of Aging Supports Organismal Mechanisms
41. Late-life Mortality Plateaus Explained using Evolutionary Theory
42. Falsification of Lifelong Heterogeneity Models for the Cessation of Aging
43. Discovery of Drosophila Mutants Sometimes Increasing Longevity
44. Nematode Longevity Mutants show Antagonistic Pleiotropy
45. Experimental Evolution of Life-History fits the Evolutionary Analysis of Late Life
46. Breakdown in Correlations between Stress Resistance and Aging
47. Alternative Indicators for the Forces of Natural Selection Proposed
48. Development of Demographic Models that Separate Aging from Dying
49. Genome-wide Sequencing of Experimentally Evolved Aging Reveals Many Genetic Sites
50. Studying the Evolutionary Origins of Aging in Bacteria
51. Evolutionary Transcriptomics also reveal Complex Physiology of Aging
52. Late Life is Physiologically Different from Aging
53. Genomic Studies of Centenarians Having Low Scientific Power
54. Evolutionary Genetic Effects Produce Two Evolutionary Biologies of Aging
55. Experimental Evolution can Produce Non-Aging Young Adults
56. The Heart is Implicated in the Evolution of Aging
57. Machine Learning Unpacks the Genomics of the Evolution of Aging
Review quotes
Review quotes
"...serves as an update of the previous volume, and as such is extremely useful…. [C]onsists of 59 short chapters, each defining a standard paradigm and then describing the conceptual breakthrough that transformed it…. [A]n excellent book, distinguished by its high level of intellectual rigor and firm grounding in the evolutionary paradigm, is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand biogerontology....Its clarity and presentation in easily digestible, bite-sized chunks makes it well suited for university courses on aging."—David Gems, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 10, 2023
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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John C. Avise
John C. Avise is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California at Irvine, and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. His research utilizes molecular markers to study the ecology and evolution of wild animals on topics ranging from genetic parentage and mating behaviors to gene flow, hybridization, phylogeography, speciation, and phylogeny. He has published more than 340 scientific articles and 25 books on a wide variety of evolutionary genetic topics.
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Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Irvine, CA, USAAbout the authors
About the authors
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Kenneth R. Arnold
Kenneth R. Arnold is a Graduate Researcher at the University of California at Irvine, working with Dr. Michael Rose in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He is also the Laboratory Stock Manager in the Laboratory of Dr. Michael Rose and Dr. Laurence Mueller at UCI. His studies and area of expertise deal with evolutionary biology and genomic trajectories
Affiliations and expertise
Graduate Researcher, University of California at Irvine, USAMR
Michael R. Rose
Michael Rose is a Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California at Irvine. Since 2006, he also serves as the Director of the Network for Experimental Research on Evolution. Dr. Rose is widely recognized as a leading researcher in evolutionary biology, specifically the effects of this on aging humans; he published a groundbreaking book on this subject in 1991. In addition to this book publication, Dr. Rose has written hundreds of academic journal papers on evolution, evolutionary biology, and the evolution of aging.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Irvine, USAView book on ScienceDirect
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