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Evidence-based evolutionary medicine / John S. Torday, Neil W, Blackstone, Virender K. Rehan.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Torday, John S., author.
- Blackstone, Neil W. (Neil Whitfield), 1954- author.
- Rehan, Virender K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diseases--Causes and theories of causation.
- Diseases.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Evolutionary genetics.
- Disease--etiology.
- Biological Evolution.
- Disease--genetics.
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease.
- Genetic Variation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Disease--etiology.
- Biological Evolution.
- Disease--genetics.
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease.
- Genetic Variation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- A brief history of evolutionary thinking
- Outlining the major transitions in the history of life
- One central mystery : why did eukaryotes only evlove once?
- A levels-of-selection view of evolutionary physiology
- The cell as the smallest functional unit of biology/physiology
- Development of tissues and organs
- When homeostasis fails
- Wnt signaling during development
- Integrated regulation of homeostasis : vascular, nervous, endocrine, neuroendocrine, autonomic
- Endogenous and exogenous mechanisms for healing
- Systems biology as recapitulation of ontogeny and phylogeny
- Terminal addition as physiologic homeostasis and regeneration, or evolutionary medicine
- Phanton limbs, imagination and epigenetics
- Man's place in the universe
- Evolution, deception, and public health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Torday, John S. Evidence-based evolutionary medicine.
- ISBN:
- 9781118838310
- 1118838319
- Publisher Number:
- 99977647328
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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