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A Darwinian eye view of cancer / Mel Greaves.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Greaves, M. F. (Melvyn F.), 1941- Speaker.
- Series:
- Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Evolution and medicine.
- Evolution and medicine : how new applications advance research and practice, 2056-452X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution.
- Medicine.
- Neoplasms.
- Medical Subjects:
- Evolution.
- Medicine.
- Neoplasms.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (54 min.)) : color, sound.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Contents:
- Contents: The prevalence of cancer: man vs. animals
- The proximal causes of cancer: mutations and genotoxic exposures
- Limitations of evolutionary adaptation by natural selection
- Vulnerability to cancer from an evolutionary perspective
- Lack of perfection in evolutionary 'engineering': faults/trade-offs
- Evolutionary adaptation 'has no eyes to the future': mismatches between genetics and lifestyle
- Natural selection will happen: evolution of robust cancer clones
- The only fitness test of 'natural selectability' in evolution is survival and reproductive success: cancer risk escalation in old age.
- Notes:
- Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
- Title from title frames.
- Publisher Number:
- 1522 Henry Stewart Talks
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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