TY - BOOK AU - Vijg,Jan TI - Aging of the genome: the dual role of DNA in life and death SN - 9780191728242 (ebook) : AV - QP86 U1 - 612.8 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Aging KW - Genetic aspects KW - Apoptosis KW - Genomes KW - Developmental genetics KW - DNA damage N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Aging has long been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of mutations in the genome. However, it is only recently that the technology has been developed to test this theory and its consequences. This book reviews the concept of genomic instability as a possible universal cause of aging in complex organisms UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569237.001.0001 ER -