authored by John S. Torday, Neil Blackstone, Virender Rehan.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, NJ :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Wiley,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"A groundbreaking, evidence-based text to the growing field of evolutionary medicine"--Provided by publisher.