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Evolution and Medicine (2013)

Perlman, Robert L (Author)

Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199661725

Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xi + 162 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Medicine Cancer; tumors Genetics Malaria Cardiovascular disease Evolution Disease and diseases Natural selection Pathology Sexually transmitted diseases Epigenetics Diabetes

Evolution and Medicine provides an accessible introduction to the new field of evolutionary medicine. Evolutionary concepts help explain why we remain vulnerable to disease, how pathogens and cancer cells evolve, and how the diseases that affected our evolutionary ancestors have shaped our biology. The book interweaves the presentation of evolutionary principles with examples that illustrate how an evolutionary perspective enhances our understanding of disease. It discusses the theory of evolution by natural selection, the genetic basis of evolutionary change, evolutionary life history theory, and host-pathogen coevolution, and uses these concepts to provide new insights into diseases such as cystic fibrosis, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, and malaria, incorporating the latest research in rapidly developing fields such as epigenetics and the study of the human microbiome. The book concludes with a discussion of the ways in which recent, culturally constructed changes in the human environment are increasing the prevalence of man-made diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, and are exacerbating socioeconomic disparities in health.

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Review Méthot, Pierre-Olivier (2014) Review of "Evolution and Medicine". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 213-217). unapi

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