Life Extension Lessons from Drosophila /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vaiserman, Alexander M. (Editor), Moskalev, Alexey A. (Editor), Pasyukova, Elena G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity, 3
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Animal genetics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

This book looks at aging through research on Drosophila, the fruit fly that is one of the most widely used model organisms in biogerontology. Work in model organisms can expand the theoretical knowledge of aging: it yields valuable insight into the molecular and cellular processes that underlie agin...