Medicine, evolution, and natural selection: An historical overview

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-355

  Zampieri, Fabio ^a,b  

^a Institut d'Histoire de la Médecine et de la Sanlé   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Darwinian medicine; Evolution; Medical darwinism; Medicine; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 71949119042     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648122     Document Type: Review

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