New articles in EMPH

Microbiology and Ecology Are Vitally Important to Premedical Curricula
Val H. Smith, Rebecca J. Rubinstein, Serry Park, Libusha Kelly, and Vanja
Klepac-Ceraj
Evol Med Public Health published 21 July 2015, 10.1093/emph/eov014
http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/07/20/emph.eov014.abstract?papetoc

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Clinical Brief
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Horizontal Gene Transfer
Alita R. Burmeister
Evol Med Public Health published 29 July 2015, 10.1093/emph/eov018
http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/07/28/emph.eov018.full.pdf?papetoc

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Original Research Article
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Why did children grow so well at hard times? The ultimate importance of
pathogen control during puberty
Peeter Hõrak and Markus Valge
Evol Med Public Health published 21 July 2015, 10.1093/emph/eov017
http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/07/20/emph.eov017.abstract?papetoc
Europeans became larger and smarter throughout the 20^th century despite
the temporally worsening access to nutrients during and after WWII.
Measurements of Estonian adolescent girls born between 1938 -1953 suggest
that a reduction of disease burden during puberty drives secular trends,
overriding the adverse effects of resource shortage at birth.

The evolution of capture myopathy in hooved mammals: a model for human
stress cardiomyopathy?
Daniel T. Blumstein, Janet Buckner, Sajan Shah, Shane Patel, Michael E.
Alfaro, and Barbara Natterson-Horowitz
Evol Med Public Health published 21 July 2015, 10.1093/emph/eov015

Capture myopathy in hooved mammals and human Takotsubo syndrome
John E. Madias
Evol Med Public Health published 28 September 2015, 10.1093/emph/eov023