Research Catalog

Title

Between Zeus and the salmon : the biodemography of longevity / Committee on Population ; Kenneth W. Wachter and Caleb E. Finch, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Wachter, Kenneth W.
• Finch, Caleb, 1939-
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.

Description

viii, 285 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Longevity
• Demography
• Human evolution

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Between Zeus and the Salmon: Introduction / Kenneth W. Wachter -- 2. Trajectories of Mortality at Advanced Ages / James W. Vaupel -- 3. In Search of Limits / John R. Wilmoth -- 4. The Evolution of Senescence / Shripad Tuljapurkar -- 5. Evolutionary Biology and Age-Related Mortality / Linda Partridge -- 6. Toward an Evolutionary Demography / Michael R. Rose -- 7. Identification and Mapping of Genes Determining Longevity / Thomas E. Johnson and David R. Shook -- 8. Population Biology of the Elderly / James R. Carey and Catherine Gruenfelder -- 9. Postoperative Survival / Steven N. Austad -- 10. The Evolution of the Human Life Course / Hillard Kaplan -- 11. Intergenerational Relations and the Elderly / Ronald D. Lee -- 12. The Potential of Population Surveys for Genetic Studies / Robert B. Wallace -- 13. Comparative Perspectives on Plasticity in Human Aging and Life Spans / Caleb E. Finch.

ISBN

0309057876

LCCN

97033767

OCLC

• 37481368
• ocm37481368

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries