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서명/저자사항 | The biology of death : how dying shapes cells, organisms, & populations/ Gary C. Howard. |
개인저자 | C. Howard, Gary,author. |
발행사항 | New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2021]. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages): illustrations. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: C. Howard, Gary. The biology of death New York, NY : Oxford University Press Academic Newgen, [2021] 9780190687724 |
ISBN | 9780197601433 019760143X 9780190687731 0190687738 9780190687748 0190687746 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
요약 | "Everyone dies, and so, we naturally associate death with the end of an individual life. However, life is much more complicated, and death is actually interwoven into biology at many levels. Normal development and life could not exist without carefully regulated death of certain cells and as one defense against disease. Other cells wear out and die and must be replaced regularly. On a larger scale, death has influenced the direction of entire species. In fact, death has shaped all life through the cycle of life and death, throughout time, and in normal development. It affects our cells, our development, and our life"-- |
해제 | Provided by publisher. |
일반주제명 | Death (Biology) Death (Biology) |
언어 | 영어 |
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