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Drosophila as a Model Organism for Ageing Studies

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  1. Frédéric A. Lints

    1. Genetics Laboratory, University of Louvain, Belgium

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  2. M. Hani Soliman

    1. Genetics Laboratory, University of Louvain, Belgium

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Aim and scope of Drosophila ageing research

      • Frédéric A. Lints
      Pages 3-16

    3. Testing ageing theories

      • Jaime Miquel, James E. Fleming
      Pages 17-29

  3. Environmental Influences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Temperature

      • Jean R. David
      Pages 33-45

    3. Nutrition

      • M. Hani Soliman, Jeannine van Herrewege
      Pages 46-58

    4. Chemicals

      • Harold R. Massie
      Pages 59-70

    5. Radiation

      • Marion J. Lamb
      Pages 71-84

    6. Biological factors

      • Josselyne Boulétreau-Merle
      Pages 85-96

  4. Control of Ageing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Genetics

      • Frédéric A. Lints
      Pages 99-118

    3. Protein synthesis

      • George C. Webster
      Pages 119-128

  5. Behaviour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Non-sexual behaviour

      • Eric Le Bourg
      Pages 131-139

    3. Sexual behaviour

      • Martin S. Obin, Robert K. Vander Meer, Lee Ehrman
      Pages 140-150

  6. Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Life-history strategies

      • James T. Giesel
      Pages 153-161

    3. Evolution of lifespan

      • Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
      Pages 162-175

    4. Parental age effects

      • Frédéric A. Lints
      Pages 176-189
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About this book

Many books on ageing attempt to cover the whole field of gerontology. However, since gerontology is now such a diversified and rapidly expanding subject, the results of such attempts tend to be either incomprehensible compendia or encyc10pedias of disheartening size. The present book aims to be both more modest and more ambitious. It focuses on a single object (Drosophila), but attempts to off er a synthesis of all the gerontological work that has been done on it. It also aims to show the extent to which this work has led to an understanding of the biological phenomena of ageing, longevity, senescence and death in higher organisms, inc1uding man. Finally it attempts, on the basis of current knowledge, to mark out the paths that the next generation of researchers will most probably follow. Drosophila has been used as a model organism to advance our basic knowledge of the fundamentals of genetics and gerontology. It may be noted that the pioneering work on the genetics of ageing, which used Drosophila, began very early in this century, within the first decade of the rediscovery of Mendel's laws.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Genetics Laboratory, University of Louvain, Belgium

    Frédéric A. Lints, M. Hani Soliman

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drosophila as a Model Organism for Ageing Studies

  • Editors: Frédéric A. Lints, M. Hani Soliman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2683-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-2685-2Published: 09 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2683-8Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 307

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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