Aging of the genome : the dual role of DNA in life and death /
Aging has long been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of mutations in the genome. However, it is only recently that the necessary sophisticated technology has been developed to begin testing this theory and its consequences. This book reviews the concept of genomic instability as a possible unive...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Aging has long been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of mutations in the genome. However, it is only recently that the necessary sophisticated technology has been developed to begin testing this theory and its consequences. This book reviews the concept of genomic instability as a possible universal cause of aging in complex organisms resulting from recent advances in functional genomics and systems biology. - ;Aging has long since been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of DNA mutations in the genome of somatic cells. However, it is only recently that the necessary sophisticated technol. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 372 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-351) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191524585 0191524581 9781429469937 1429469935 0198569238 9780198569237 0191728241 9780191728242 9786611145255 6611145257 |