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Evolution of ageing

Index Evolution of ageing

Enquiry into the evolution of ageing aims to explain why survival, reproductive success, and functioning of almost all living organisms decline at old age. [1]

18 relations: Ageing, Antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis, Death, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary medicine, Index of evolutionary biology articles, Index of topics related to life extension, Michael R. Rose, Negligible senescence, Outline of evolution, Outline of life extension, Peter Medawar, Phenoptosis, Population genetics, Stem cell theory of aging, Timeline of senescence research, Weismann barrier, 13 Things That Don't Make Sense.

Ageing

Ageing or aging (see spelling differences) is the process of becoming older.

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Antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis

The antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis was first proposed by George C. Williams in 1957 as an evolutionary explanation for senescence.

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Death

Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

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Evolutionary biology

Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth, starting from a single common ancestor.

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Evolutionary medicine

Evolutionary medicine or Darwinian medicine is the application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease.

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Index of evolutionary biology articles

This is a list of topics in evolutionary biology.

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Index of topics related to life extension

Following is a list of topics related to life extension.

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Michael R. Rose

Michael R. Rose is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine.

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Negligible senescence

Negligible senescence is the lack of symptoms of aging in some organisms.

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Outline of evolution

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution: Evolution – change in heritable traits of biological organisms over generations due to natural selection, mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift.

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Outline of life extension

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to life extension: Life extension – study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan.

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Peter Medawar

Sir Peter Brian Medawar (28 February 1915 – 2 October 1987) was a British biologist born in Brazil, whose work on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance was fundamental to the practice of tissue and organ transplants.

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Phenoptosis

Phenoptosis (pheno – showing or demonstrating, ptosis – programmed death), designated by V.P. Skulachev in 1999, signifies the phenomenon of programmed death of an organism, i.e. that an organism's genes include features that under certain circumstances will cause the organism to rapidly degenerate and die off.

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Population genetics

Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and between populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology.

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Stem cell theory of aging

The stem cell theory of aging postulates that the aging process is the result of the inability of various types of stem cells to continue to replenish the tissues of an organism with functional differentiated cells capable of maintaining that tissue's (or organ's) original function.

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Timeline of senescence research

This page is a timeline of senescence research, including major theories, breakthroughs and organizations.

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Weismann barrier

The Weismann barrier, proposed by August Weismann, is the strict distinction between the "immortal" germ cell lineages producing gametes and "disposable" somatic cells.

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13 Things That Don't Make Sense

13 Things That Don't Make Sense is a non-fiction book by the British writer Michael Brooks, published in both the UK and the US during 2008.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_ageing

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