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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808457403321

Autore

Torday John S.

Titolo

Evidence-based evolutionary medicine / / John S. Torday, Neil Blackstone, Virender Rehan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019

ISBN

1-118-83833-5

1-118-83831-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (641 pages)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Classificazione

491.69

QZ 50

Altri autori (Persone)

BlackstoneNeil W <1954-> (Neil Whitfield)

Disciplina

576.8/4

Soggetti

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"A groundbreaking, evidence-based text to the growing field of evolutionary medicine"--Provided by publisher.