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Insect vs. Mammalian Aging

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Aging and Cell Structure

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In his excellent monograph, The Anatomy of Aging in Man and Animals, Andrew (1971) notes that the bewildering variety of animals regarding size, structure, way of life, and longevity may discourage gerontologists in search of common mechanisms. However, in his opinion, morphological studies suggest that senescence is not a heterogeneous accumulation of pathological lesions but a fundamental process. He further comments on the importance of unifying biological concepts, such as the cell theory and, more recently, the electron microscopic demonstration of the basic similarity of cellular organelles.

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  1. Angelos C. Economos

    Present address: Laboratoire de Génétique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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  1. Biomedical Research Division, NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 94035, USA

    Jaime Miquel

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 95192, USA

    Angelos C. Economos

  3. Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 94305, USA

    Klaus G. Bensch

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  2. National Institute on Aging, NIH Baltimore City Hospital and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    John E. Johnson Jr.

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Miquel, J., Economos, A.C., Bensch, K.G. (1981). Insect vs. Mammalian Aging. In: Johnson, J.E. (eds) Aging and Cell Structure. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3929-8_10

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