Evolution in Health and Disease [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Stearns Stephen C
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.042; 616/.042
• Soggetto topico: Disease; Diseases; Evolution, Molecular; Health; Human evolution; Medical genetics; Pathology; Medicine; Health & Biological Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KoellaJacob C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Part II: The history and variation of human genes; Part III: Natural selection and evolutionary conflicts; Part IV: Pathogens: resistance, virulence, variation, and emergence; Part V: Noninfectious and degenerative disease; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A fully revised edition of a volume written by the world's leading authorities on this subject. It discusses how the evolution of humans and their pathogens have generated important medical issues, covering both infectious and degenerative diseases. It presents important ideas that are not yet sufficiently appreciated in the medical community. - ;In this fully revised and updated edition, the editors have integrated a completely new set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field to describe the latest research in evolutionary medicine, providing a fresh summary of this rapidly
• Titolo autorizzato: Evolution in Health and Disease
• ISBN: 1-281-37136-X; 9786611371364; 0-19-154876-6; 1-4356-4115-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452320803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II