Overview
- Collates world-leading research in the field of bio gerontology
- Explores aging themes including health span and life extension, through Drosophila models
- Expands understanding of longevity-associated genes and other mechanisms relating to aging
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity (HAL, volume 3)
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Drosophila models have been developed for a large variety of aging-related processes and diseases, and this book provides readers with an overview of current research on the use of the Drosophila model to understand the genetic, molecular and physiological mechanisms that underlie the aging process. Themes of health span, life extension and longevity-associated genes emerge in this collation of international research on Drosophila that is of relevance to geriatrics and gerontology, animal genetics and genomics, and biomedicine.
This fascinating, illustrated book will be of interest to a wide audience, ranging from academic researchers to the general reader.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Genetic Regulation of Longevity
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Drosophila Models for Aging-Associated Diseases
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Life-Extending Treatments
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life Extension
Book Subtitle: Lessons from Drosophila
Editors: Alexander M. Vaiserman, Alexey A. Moskalev, Elena G. Pasyukova
Series Title: Healthy Ageing and Longevity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18326-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18325-1Published: 25 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38210-4Published: 17 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18326-8Published: 09 June 2015
Series ISSN: 2199-9007
Series E-ISSN: 2199-9015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 353
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedicine general, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Geriatrics/Gerontology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Chemical Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Health & Hospitals, Pharma