Aging, Sex, and DNA Repair
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Aging, Sex, and DNA Repair

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  2. English
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Aging, Sex, and DNA Repair

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Why organisms age and why sexual reproduction exists are major unsolved problems in biology. This book provides an integrated explanation of aging and sex based on current knowledge of DNA damage and repair.

  • Discusses the universality of the problem of DNA damage
  • Describes aging as a consequence of accumulated DNA damage
  • Considers meiosis as an adaptation for DNA repair
  • Discusses mating in eukaryotes as an adaptation for masking mutation

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780323138772
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Genetics & Genomics
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Aging, Sex, and DNA Repair
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction: Major Ideas and Historical Perspectives
  8. Chapter 2. DNA Damage
  9. Chapter 3. Immediate Consequences of DNA Damage
  10. Chapter 4. Accumulation of DNA Damage in Somatic Cells
  11. Chapter 5. The DNA Damage Hypothesis of Aging Applied to Mammals
  12. Chapter 6. Oxidative DNA Damage as a Potential Major Cause of Aging
  13. Chapter 7. Additional Evidence Bearing on the DNA Damage Hypothesis of Aging
  14. Chapter 8. Aging in Nonmammalian Organisms, with Comparisons to Aspects of Aging in Mammals
  15. Chapter 9. DNA Repair with Emphasis on Single-Strand Damages
  16. Chapter 10. DNA Repair with Emphasis on Recombinational Repair
  17. Chapter 11. Meiosis and Meiotic Recombination
  18. Chapter 12. Meiosis Viewed as an Adaptation for DNA Repair
  19. Chapter 13. The Selective Advantage of Outcrossing
  20. Chapter 14. Evolutionary Aspects of Sex
  21. Chapter 15. Other Theories of Aging and Sex
  22. Chapter 16. Overview, Future Directions, and Implications
  23. Index