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Title Evolution in health and disease / edited by Stephen C. Stearns
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description xv, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introducing evolutionary thinking, Stephen C. Stearns -- 2. Research designs that address evolutionary questions about medical disorders, Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams -- Part II: Human history and human genes -- 3. The history and geography of human genetic diversity, Guido Barbujani & Laurent Excoffier -- 4. Medically relevant genetic variation of drug effects, Urs A. Meyer -- 5. Genetic variation and human disease: The role of natural selection, Adrian V. S. Hill and Arno G. Motulsky -- 6. Human genetic variation and its impact on public health and medicine, Adrian V. S. Hill et al. -- Part III: Natural selection, conflicts, and constraints -- 7. Genetic conflicts of pregnancy and childhood, David Haig -- 8. Human evolution and disease: putting the Stone Age in perspective, Beverly I. Strassmann & Robin I. M. Dunbar -- 9. Pathogen-driven sexual selection and the evolution of health, Claus Wedekind -- 10. Evolutionary interpretations of the diversity of reproductive health and disease, Roger G. Gosden et al. -- Part IV: Pathogens, drugs and virulence -- 11. The population biology of anti-infective chemotherapy and the evolution of drug resistance: more questions than answers, Bruce R. Levin and Roy M. Anderson -- 12. Development and use of vaccines against evolving pathogens: vaccine design, Angela McLean -- 13. Evolution of infectious diseases: the impact of vaccines, drugs and social factors, Charles Bangham et al. -- 14. The evolution and expression of parasite virulence, Dieter Ebert -- 15. Molecular phylogenies and the genetic structure of viral populations, Edward C. Holmes -- 16. The genetic population structure of pathogenic bacteria, John Maynard Smith & Noel Smith -- 17. Whole-genome analyses of pathogens, E. Richard Moxon -- 18. What can evolutionary biology contribute to understanding virulence?, Andrew F. Read et al. -- Part V: Non-infectious and degenerative disease -- 19. Evolution, senescence and health in old age, Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, George M. Martin, and Linda Partridge -- 20. An evolutionary perspective on the genetic architecture of susceptibility to cardiovascular disease, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Jari Stengard, and Alan Templeton -- 21. The fetal origins of coronary heart disease and stroke: evolutionary implications, David J. P. Barker -- 22. The evolutionary context of chronic degenerative diseases, S. Boyd Eaton & Stanley B. Eaton III -- 23. Testing evolutionary hypotheses about mental disorders, Randolph M. Nesse -- 24. The evolution of non-infectious and degenerative disease, John Maynard Smith et al. -- References -- Index
Notes Based on a conference held in Sion, Switzerland, 6-12 Apr. 1997
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-316) and index
Subject Adaptation (Physiology)
Diseases.
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution -- Congresses.
Evolution.
Health -- Congresses.
Health.
Human evolution -- Congresses.
Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation -- Congresses.
Medical genetics -- Congresses.
Evolution
Adaptation, Physiological.
Disease.
Health.
Genre/Form Congress.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Stearns, S. C. (Stephen C.), 1946-
LC no. 98021522
ISBN 0198501102 (hbk)
0198504454 (paperback)
Other Titles Evolution in health & disease