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

Author/creator Torday, John S.
Other author Blackstone, Neil, 1954-
Other author Rehan, Virender K.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoHoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2019.
Description1 online resource.
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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.
Abstract "A groundbreaking, evidence-based text to the growing field of evolutionary medicine"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Torday, John S., author. Evidence-based evolutionary medicine Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2019 9781118838372
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018009191
ISBN9781118838334 (epub)
ISBN9781118838310 (pdf)

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