Genetics of Aging

1/19/99


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Table of Contents

What are some ways to get at the genetic contribution to aging.

Genetics of Aging

Molecular biology

neurobiology

chromosomes

gene expression

ribosomes

ribosomes

Chromosomes

Genes

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

chromosome

DNA

DNA unwinding

Proteins, peptides

GENES

Alleles

TRANSCRIPTION

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GENE EXPRESSION

DNA

development

The `AGING GENE’

AGING AS CAUSED BY TELOMERES

telomerase

telomerase.

Cause of cancer?

Reasons for a decline in mortality with increasing age

What are some survival attributes?

Why is heritability of life-span small?

Why do people die?

Author: Karen Glendenning, Ph. D.

Email: charness@psy.fsu.edu

Home Page: http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness

Other information:
psy 6919-02 s99 Glendenning Genetics Presentation