TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gluckman,Peter D.
AU  - Beedle,Alan
AU  - Buklijas,Tatjana
AU  - Low,Felicia
AU  - Hanson,Mark A.
TI  - Principles of evolutionary medicine 
SN  - 9780191823206
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Causes and theories of causation
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Medical genetics
KW  - Medical personnel
KW  - Biology
KW  - Life sciences
KW  - Physical sciences
KW  - Biological Evolution
KW  - Genetics, Medical
KW  - Genetic Phenomena
KW  - Genetics
KW  - Biological Phenomena
KW  - Health Occupations
KW  - Phenomena and Processes
KW  - Disciplines and Occupations
KW  - Biological Science Disciplines
KW  - Natural Science Disciplines
KW  - Philosophy, Medical
KW  - Health Personnel
KW  - Health Workforce
N1  - This edition previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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