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AGEING TERMS

by Scott
Across
He said that evolution occurs as a result of random mutations in the DNA of egg and sperm cells.
Type of genetic instability
This is the process by which the cell brings order to this potentially mob of individual proteins. which are all focused on their own goals.
These adult cells are undifferentiated cells kept in reserve for repair and maintenance of the body.
He was a German biologist who first proposed a modern theory on ageing.-
Williams suggested that a gene mutation that has beneficial effects early in life might have harmful effects later in life. Choose first term only.
Common dustbin gene disease that was cited.
Cells that normally divide lose their ability to do so after a certain number of divisions, as measured by shortening telomeres on chromosomal tips.
According to theorists, this term may have a variety of meanings. It is a universal, progressive and intrinsic accumulation of deleterious changes
Down
Certain proteins that can attach to DNA, can activate or turn off genes, or modulate their activity. These compounds and proteins comprise this: (beyond the gene)
This hormone is responsible for the growth of the prostate gland
What important process, which is a highlight of many disease processes, can alter cell communication in the body?
This theory proposes that Nature doesn't have much use for us once we've passed our reproductive years; __________ Soma Theory.
Cell's batteries.
A single gene can have multiple effects in the body depending on where and when it is expressed.
Type of organism cited that can revert to its larval stage and regrow again.
Progressive shortening of these, which are the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes