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Principles of evolutionary medicine /
This is the first integrated and comprehensive textbook to explain the principles of evolutionary biology from a medical perspective and to focus on how medicine and public health might utilise evolutionary biology.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Principles of Evolutionary Medicine; Copyright; Contents; PART 1 Fundamentals of Evolutionary Biology ; 1 Introduction ; 1.1 What is disease? ; 1.2 What evolution is: fundamental principles ; 1.3 Time ; 1.4 Constraints ; 1.5 We are not alone ; 1.6 Culture and gene- culture coevolution
- 1.7 How evolutionary arguments fit alongside other biological perspectives 1.8 Evolution and medicine ; Key points ; 2 Evolutionary theory ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 What does evolutionary theory explain? ; 2.3 How does evolution work?
- 2.4 Areas of debate and the limitations of the adaptationist argument 2.5 Conclusion ; Key points ; 3 The molecular basis of variation and inheritance ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Genes and disease ; 3.3. The molecular basis of human genetic variation
- 3.4 Factors affecting genetic variation 3.5 Single-gene or Mendelian disorders; 3.6 No single genes for common diseases ; 3.7 Epigenetic mechanisms as a cause of variation ; 3.8 Non-genetic inheritance; 3.9 Conclusion ; Key points ; 4 Evolution and development ; 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Development: pre- ordained or plastic? 4.3 Is development important to evolution? ; 4.4 Developmental plasticity ; 4.5 Responses to environmental cues during development ; 4.6 Epigenetic processes and development ; 4.7 Learning and instinct ; 4.8 The evolution of novelty