Extreme longevity : discovering Earth's oldest organisms / Karen Latchana Kenney.
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TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2019]Copyright date: copyright 2019Description: 104 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781512483727 (hardcover) :Subject(s): Longevity -- Juvenile literature | Animals -- Longevity -- Juvenile literature | Physiology -- Juvenile literature | Aging -- Genetic aspects -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 571.8/79 LOC classification: QP85 | .K45 2019| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 571.8/KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500071077 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The whale that got away -- Bowhead whales: slow, cold, and very old -- Greenland sharks: arctic ancients -- A hydra and a jellyfish: near immortals -- Glass sponge reefs and stromatolites: back from the dead -- Tuatara: reptile relics -- Pando and King clone: persistent plants -- Inside DNA : searching for longevity genes.
Junior Library Guild
Some creatures can outlive humans by centuries. Readers will learn about these extreme examples of longevity in the animal kingdom, how aging happens, and what genes help animals to live so long.
Ages 14 & up.
Grades 9 & up.
1100L Lexile.
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
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