Why disease persists: An evolutionary nosology

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-350

  Perlman, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Coevolution; Evolutionary medicine; Genetic diseases; Life history theory; Natural selection; Parasitic diseases; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ENVIRONMENT; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC SPECIATION; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 29244471736     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-005-2655-z     Document Type: Article

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