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Main Authors: Perlman, Robert L
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Biological Evolution
Disease > genetics
Immunity > genetics
Diseases > Causes and theories of causation
Human evolution
Environmentally induced diseases
Carrier Form: xi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780199661725 (paperback) :
0199661723 (paperback)
9780199661718 (hardback)
0199661715 (hardback)
Index Number: RB152
CLC: R363.1
Call Number: R363.1/P451
Contents: 1. Evolution and medicine -- 2. Human demography, history, and disease -- 3. Evolutionary genetics -- 4. Cystic fibrosis -- 5. Life history tradeoffs and the evolutionary biology of aging -- 6. Cancer -- 7. Host-pathogen coevolution -- 8. Sexually transmitted diseases -- 9. Malaria -- 10. Gene-culture coevolution: lactase persistence -- 11. Man-made diseases.

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