01426nam a2200337 a 4500 EDZ0000075928 StDuBDS 20150804193932.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100317s2007 enka fo 001 0 eng d 9780191728242 (ebook) : No price 0191728241 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS QP86 612.8 22 Vijg, Jan. Aging of the genome [electronic resource] : the dual role of DNA in life and death / Jan Vijg. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. 1 online resource (x, 372 p.) : ill. Aging has long been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of mutations in the genome. However, it is only recently that the technology has been developed to test this theory and its consequences. This book reviews the concept of genomic instability as a possible universal cause of aging in complex organisms. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Aging Genetic aspects. Apoptosis. Genomes. Developmental genetics. DNA damage. Print version 9780198569237 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569237.001.0001 37424 37424