ISBN:
0199236399
,
0199236380
,
9780199236398
,
9780199236381
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 296 p)
,
ill., maps
,
26 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Oxford biology
Parallel Title:
Print version Principles of Evolutionary Medicine
DDC:
616/.042
Keywords:
Medical genetics
;
Medical anthropology
;
Human evolution
Abstract:
Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core underpinning discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the fields of genomics, epigenetics, developmental biology and epidemiology have led to the growing realisation that incorporating evolutionary thinking is essential for medicine to achieve its full potential. This is the first integrated and comprehensive textbook to explain theprinciples of evolutionary biology from a medical perspective and to focus on how medicine and public health might uti
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; 1 Introduction; 2 Evolutionary theory; 3 The molecular basis of variation and inheritance; 4 Evolution and development; 5 Evolution of life histories; 6 Human evolution and the origins of human diversity; PART 2 UNDERSTANDING HUMAN DISEASE FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; 7 Reproduction; 8 Nutritional and metabolic adaptation; 9 Defence; 10 Social organization and behaviour; PART 3 AN EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE; 11 Evolutionary principles applied to medical practice; 12 Coda: evolution, medicine, and society
Description / Table of Contents:
IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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