Cumulative Subject Index 



37 



Mitochondria 



in liver, 2, 101 



in pancreas, 2, 101 



in placenta, 2, 107 



in yolk-sac, 2, 101 

 Mitosis, 2, 250, 251 



in apocrine sweat glands, 2, 196, 199 

 Mitotic inhibitors, 5, 136 

 Moina macrocopa, 3, 24 

 Molecular changes in ageing, 5, 129-131 

 Mollusca, 3, 25 

 Monkeys, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 108 



in research on ageing, 1, 182 



menstruation in, 1, 145-146 



oogenesis in, 2, 44, 55 



ovulation in, 2, 67 

 Moonfish, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Mortality, relation with age and growth, 

 5, 160-166 



theory of, 5, 127-129 

 Mortality rates, 5, 286-296 



laws governing, 5, 2-5 



mathematical models for, 5, 302-311 



sex differences in, 5, 81 

 Mosquito, effect of diet on, 5, 255 



lifespan of, 5, 105 

 Mosquito fish, mortality rates of, 5, 167 



reproduction and senescence in, 5, 187- 

 189 

 Mothers, age of, eflfect on lifespan, 5, 23- 



27, 31, 32 

 Motivation, 3, 154-156, 185, 186, 187 

 Mugiloidei, lifespan and size of, 5, 1 54 

 MiiUerian ducts, normal development of, 



2,3,13-14 

 Muntiacus muntjac, lifespan of, 3, 12 

 Mus, lifespan of, 3, 9 

 Musca domestica {see Housefly) 

 Muscle, analysis of, in sodium deficiency, 

 4, 49-50 



composition of, 4, 23 



electrolytes in, 4, 21-22, 164, 224-225 



potassium in, 4, 289-291 



power of, 1, 137 



as measure of ageing, 1, 6 



water in, 4, 21-22, 113, 163-164 

 Muscular degeneration, 5, 77 



in rats, 5, 74-76 

 Muskallunge, lifespan of, 5, 222 

 Mutation, 3, 43-44, 45 

 Myleran, effect on oogenesis, 2, 43 

 Myocardial degeneration, 5, 77 



in rats, 5, 74-76 

 Myotis mystacinus, lifespan of, 5, 97 



Naevi, spider, 1, 81-82 

 Nasturtium, proteins in, 2, 203 

 Matrix natrix, fertility of, 3, 2, 22 

 Naturalists, longevity in, 1, 52 

 Neothinmus macropterus, fecundity of, 5, 



193 

 Nephrectomy, effects of, 4, 252, 255, 257 

 Nephrosis, in man, 5, 77 



in rats, 5, 74-76, 83 



Nerve cells, 2, 250, 251 



in bees, 5, 234, 244 



pigment in, 3, 45 

 Nervous disease, incidence of in old people, 



1,20 

 Nervous system, adaptation in, 3, 61 

 Nilghaie, lifespan of, 3, 12 

 Nitrogen, diffusion of through aortic 

 tissue, 1, 72-74 



excretion of, changes due to age, 4, 243 



in pollen, 5, 236 



inrat body, 4, 120, 121 

 Normal, definition of, 3, 74, 94, 190-191 

 Nucleic acids, in cells, 3, 48, 49 

 Nutrition, and ageing, 1, 186-193 



and disease in Africans, 3, 104-1 14, 145, 

 188-190 



effect on cell, 1, 191 



effect on deer antlers, 2, 184 



effect on growth, 1, 186, 188 



eff"ect on lifespan, 1, 186-193, 194-199; 

 3, 24, 25, 28, 34, 35, 36 



effect on pregnant ewes, 2, 184 



in Africans, 3, 188-190 



neglected research areas in, 1, 173-185 



Obesity, effect on kidney, 4, 254, 255 

 Odocoileus hemionus, lifespan of, 5, 92-94 

 Oesophagus, cancer of in old people, 1, 21 

 Oestradiol, effect on development of 



reproductive tract, 2, 11, 17 

 Oestrogen, effect on ovary, 2, 60-65 



effect on placenta, 2, 142 



effect on water retention, 4, 79, 84, 86 



excretion of, changes in due to age, 4, 

 91 



secretion of, 2, 49-50, 51-52 

 Oestrus, in X-irradiated mice, 2, 49-50 

 Oncorhynchus nerka, fecundity in, 5, 197- 

 198 



growth of, 5, 156, 157, 158 

 Oncorhynchus spp., mortality rates of, 5, 



145 

 Oocytes, atresia of, 2, 44-45 



decline of with age, 2, 32 



effect of X-irradiation on, 2, 49, 50, 51 



formation of in ovary, 2, 32-48 



number of, 2, 43, 47, 54-55 

 Oogenesis, 1, 147-149; 2, 32-48, 55-56 



effect of Myleran on, 2, 43 



effect on of hypophysectomy, 2, 25, 41, 

 44 



in armadillo, 2, 39, 40 



in Dasypus, 2, 56 



in dog, 2, 43 



in galago, 2, 56 



in guinea pig, 2, 36, 39, 41, 42 



in lemur, 2, 39-40 



in monkey, 2, 44, 55 



in rabbit, 2, 36-37 



in rats, 2, 42-43 



in seal, 2, 37 

 Ophiocephaliformes, lifespan of, 5, 224 

 Orange chromide, lifespan of, 5, 224 



