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The biology of senescence
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Annual rate of mortality per 1,000 by sex: United States, 1939-41 2 Number of survivors out of 100,000 born alive, for each race by sex: United States, 1939-41 3 Number of Survivors out of 100,000 male live births, from recent life-tables for selected countries 4 Frequency distribution of ages at death in a cohort starting with 100,000 live births, based on the mortality of white males: United States, 1939-41 5 (a) Survival curve at a constant rate of mortality (b) Survival curve of a population which exhibits senescence 6 Types of survival curve 7 Survival curves of a German population 8 Survival curves for cafeteria tumblers 9 African Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) .Survival of 21 indi- viduals Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).Survival of 17 indi- viduals 10 Orkney Vole (Microtus orcadensis) .Survival of 24 individuals 11 Patagonian Cavy (Dolichotis patagona).Survival of 55 individuals 12 Mouflon Sheep (Ovis musimon).Survival of 77 individuals 13 Irish Wolfhounds.Survival of 67 individuals from 12 months of age-sexes combined 14 The decline in egg production in successive years of laying -domestic fowls 15 (a) Growth in length of male fish of the genera Xiphophorus, Lebistes and Heterandria during the first year of life (b) Growth in length of female fish of the genera Xipho- phorus, Lebistes and Heterandria during the first year of life 16 Growth of trout in Windermere and the small tarns 71 xi Illustrations 35 Survivorship, death and death-rate curves for the black widow.131 36 Survivorship curves for male and female Tribolium madens 131 37 Effect of restricted food upon the longevity of Daphnia longispina 144 38 Effect of restricted food upon the duration of instars in Daphnia longispina 145 39 Effect of restricted food upon the rate of senile change in the heart rate of Daphnia longispina 146 40 Survival curves of normal and retarded male and female rats, showing the effect of dietary restriction 149 41 Neutral 1 7-Ketosteroids, 24-hour urinary excretion of human males 1 73 42 The postnatal growth in weight of male children 1 84 43 Annual growth increment in boys, from the data of Quetelet
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- Comfort, A.
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- Rinehart eBooks
- Publisher
- Rinehart
- Published
- 1956
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