HDE 117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Inbreeding, Nematode, Taxis
14 Apr 2017
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Primatology: vocabulary, epistemology scientific study of how (scientific) knowledge is acquired, paradigm* an entire constellation of beliefs, value, and techniques shared by the members of a given scientific community; referred to as normal science"; Includes: what it is to be observed and scrutinized, the kind of questions to be asked, how these questions are structured, how the results of investigation interpreted, disciplinary research: Intra-disciplinary within a field: multidisciplinary two fields come together to exchange tools or ideas. Subdivisions: biological biodemography (mostly animal research): evolution; ecology; behavior, biomedical biodemography (mostly human research): healthy aging; geriatrics-related, animal models in aging research. 6 most common animal organisms used in aging research: Fly aging: age is length of adult life (ignore larvae, lifespan extended 2-fold, long-lived mutants resistant to multiple stressors (e. g. heat, uv, chemicals, causes of death unknown. Fly behaviors useful for assessing health: spontaneous movement, flight speed endurance, negative geotaxis, olfactory sensitivity, various fertility measures, stress resistance, learning and memory, cardiac function.
