Prerequisites: C- or better in BSCI370. (Sponsoring Dept: BIOL). Credit only granted for BSCI339R and BIOL708A.

Acceptable toward Biological Sciences Specialization Areas: ECEV and GENB (Additional Courses Category).

Discuss alternative reasons for why animals age at different rates. Weekly meetings will be student-led discussions of classic and recent literature. Topics will include, but are not limited to, evolutionary theories of aging, biomarkers of aging, sex differences in aging, experimental manipulations that alter lifespan in model and nonmodel organisms, and the interactions between the immune system and aging.