WHY IS REGENERATIVE CAPACITY RESTRICTED IN HIGHER ORGANISMS

被引：9

作者：

ELDER, D

机构：

[1] 20 Main St., Lockleys

来源：

JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY | 1979年 / 81卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1016/0022-5193(79)90053-5

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Regenerative powers of higher organisms are quite restricted. The theory given here attributes this to a postulated incompatibility between regeneration and the storage of memory. A corollary is that the extent to which these two processes are present in any organism should be inversely correlated; a phylogenetic survey appears to bear this out. The alternative strategy" model has interesting implications relating to the practical possibilities inherent in "epigenetic" theories of ageing and cancer; these are discussed in the appendix. © 1979."

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页码：563 / 568

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