Ageing: Lessons from C. elegans

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Olsen, Anders (Editor), Gill, Matthew S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Cell biology.; Animal genetics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Cell Biology.

This book brings together in one volume the current state of ageing research in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The authors are leading researchers in the field, placing this topic in the context of human ageing, describing how and why basic discoveries in this simple organism have impacted our...