Aging evolutionary theory

Lee, R.D., Rethinking the evolutionary theory of aging Transfers, not births, shape senescence in social species, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 9637, 2003. 

On the other hand, evolutionary theories of aging posit that the timing of senescence is mechanistically determined not by metabolically induced damage, but rather, by selection s response to external mortality factors. In fact, there should be no senescence at all in the absence of external causes of death. Tire extent to... 

Keller, L. and Genoud, M. (1997). Extraordinary lifespans in ants a test of evolutionary theories of ageing. Nature, 389, 958-60. 

Clue 3 comes from the evolutionary theory of antagonistic pleio-tropy — the idea of a trade-off between the detrimental effects of genes in old age and their beneficial effects in youth. The theory was first proposed by George C. Williams in 1957, and has since been accepted by most evolutionary biologists, though it is not in common currency in medical... 

Corsi, Pietro. The Age of Lamarck Evolutionary Theories in Erance, 1790-1830. Berkeley University of Cah-fomia Press, 1988. 

Guided by this evolutionary perspective, we can conclude that oxygen free radicals are an underlying cause of both ageing and age-related diseases. The double-agent theory may explain why antioxidant supple-... 

Miquel, J. An update on the oxygen stress-mitochondrial mutation theory of aging genetic and evolutionary implications. Experimental Gerontology 33 113-126 1998. 

In this excellent book, Lane explains how oxygen was the cornerstone of the evolutionary explosion and reviews the theory that oxygen is implicated in ageing. He presents his theories with clarity, making them accessible to anyone with basic scientific knowledge. This is both a scholarly and readable introduction to an important topic. ... 

Nevertheless, ever since the theory of evolution became popular, there have been attempts to harmonize the biblical account of Creation with evolution— what is known as"theistic evolution."ln short, theistic evolution holds that God used the evolutionary process to bring about creation. The two most common theories of theistic evolution are the Gap Theory and the Day-Age Theory. 

Parsons, P. A. 2007. The ecological stress theory of aging and hormesis An energetic evolutionary model. Biogerontology 8 233-242. 

Hauss-Wegrzyniak, B., Vannucchi, M.G. Wenk, G.L. (2000). Behavioral and ultrastructural changes induced by chronic neuroinflammation in young rats. Brain Research, 859, 157-166. Hughes, K.A. Reynolds, R.M. (2005). Evolutionary and mechanistic theories of aging. Annual Review of Entomology, 50,421-445. 

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