Evolutionary biology within medicine: A perspective of growing value

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7837, 2011, Pages

  Gluckman, Peter ^a   Bergstrom, Carl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEVER; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTEGRATION; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINE; MICROBIOME; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PAIN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCURVY; SYMBIOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICINE;

EID: 84455206112     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7671     Document Type: Review

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