SUBJECT INDEX 



Accipitres, arteriosclerosis in, 109 

 Acipenseriformes, lifespan and size of, 152, 



220, 222 

 Acipenser fiihescens, survival curves of, 



143, 144 

 Acipenser ruthenus, oldest age of, 191 

 Actuarial aspects of human lifespan, 2-20 

 Aedes aegypti, effect of diet on, 255 

 Age, changes due to in fish, 218 



effect on fecundity in fish, 198-200, 201 



effects of in insects, 247-268 



effect on reproduction in fish, 181-182, 

 186-200 



parental, and lifespan, 21-34 

 Ageing, genetics of in Drosophila, 278- 

 280, 283 



in Drosophila, 269-285 



molecular changes in, 121-131 



physiological changes in fish due to, 

 181-211 



theory of, 129-131, 169-111, 297, 281- 

 282 

 Albatross, lifespan of, 100, 103 

 Albumin, effect on bees, 235 

 Allometry of lifespan, 125 

 Alosa sopidissima, fecundity of, 191-192 

 Amiiformes, lifespan of, 222 

 Amino acids, effect on bees, 238 



in pollen, 237 

 Amyloid, effect of diet, 79 

 Amyloidosis, in mice, 80-81 

 Angelfish, lifespan of, 221 



protein metabolism in, 183-185 

 Anglia cattle, lifespan of, 60 

 Anguilliformes, lifespan of, 223 

 Anguilloidei, lifespan and size of, 152 

 Animal populations, control of, 296-297 

 Anseres, arteriosclerosis in, 109 

 Anseriformes, mortality rate of, 101 

 Apis mellifera, 247 

 Apodiformes, mortality rate of, 101 

 Arctic char, lifespan of, 147 

 Ardea cinerea, lifespan of, 99 

 Argentine, lifespan and size of, 150 

 Arteriosclerosis, aetiology of, 107-108 



brain in, 107 



cholesterol in, 110-111, 113 



in birds, 106-114 



in fish, 225 



in mammals, 109 



in monkeys, 108 



site of, 1 10 



Bass, lifespan of, 220, 221, 223 

 Batrachoidjfonnes, lifespan of, 221 



Bats, lifespan of, 97, 103 

 Bees, ageing in, 248 



brain cells in, 248 



effect of diet, 254 



effect of protein on, 254 



in tropics, 246 



lifespan of, 



caged, 235-239 



factors influencing, 23 1-246 



in free-flying colony, 231-235 



physiological condition of, 

 free-flying, 231-235 

 caged, 235-239 



yearly life cycle in, 239-240 

 Beryciformes, lifespan of, 220 

 Birds, arteriosclerosis in, 106-114 



lifespan of in captivity, 103 



lifespan of in nature, 90-105 

 Bison, lifespan of, 105 

 Blackfish, lifespan of, 221 

 Black-pied cattle, lifespan of, 60 

 Biennioidei, lifespan and size of, 1 52 

 Blennius pholis, growth of, 156, 157, 158 

 Blenny, growth of, 156, 157, 158 



lifespan and size of, 152 

 Blue-head, lifespan of, 221 

 Blue striped grunt, lifespan of, 221 

 Body weight, relationship to lifespan, 115- 



139 

 Bowfin, lifespan of, 222 

 Brain, in arteriosclerosis, 107 



internal environment of, 133 



weight of, 



relationship with lifespan, 115-139 

 Brain cells, ageing in, 248 

 Breast cancer, in cattle, 71 

 Bullhead, effect of diet on, 169 



lifespan and size of, 152, 223 



survival curves of, 143, 145 

 Bulls, causes of death in, 65 



lifespan of, 64-65 

 Burbot, lifespan of, 223 

 Biiteo buteo, lifespan of, 99 

 Butterfly fish, lifespan of, 121 

 Buzzards, Kfespan of, 99 



Callionymoidei, lifespan and size of, 152 

 Callionymus lyra, mortality rate of, 146 



survival curves of, 143, 145 

 Cancer, in fish, 216, 226 

 Cancer eye, in cattle, 71 

 Capelin, lifespan and size of, 1 50 



mortality rate of, 146 

 Capreolus capreolus, lifespan of, 92-94 

 Carbohydrate, in pollen, 237, 238 



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