The origin of specificity by means of natural selection: evolved and nonhost resistance in host–pathogen interactions By Janis Antonovics, Mike Boots, Dieter Ebert, Britt Koskella, Mary Poss, and Ben M. Sadd Evolution Volume 67, Issue 1, pages 1–9, January 2013 ...
By Beth Skwarecki Posted: November 29, 2012 in the PLoS Public Health Blog You fill a prescription for antibiotics, and have 14 days worth of pills in your hand. Pop quiz: If you want to be a good citizen and prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance, how many of...
12 videos from the 2011 Evolution and Medicine Course at Mt. Desert Island are available online at the links here The videos from the 2012 course will hopefully be online soon. Information on a possible 2013 course will be annouced on the Evolution and Medicine...
A new article in Evolutionary Applications by Hochberg, M. E., Thomas, F., Assenat, E., & Hibner, U. (2012). doi: 10.1111/eva.12033 (open access) Abstract: Evolutionary theory predicts that once an individual reaches an age of sufficiently low Darwinian...
This week’s Nature has an open access Outlook section “Physical Scientists Take On Cancer.” Two of the more intriguing articles turn out to be about evolutionary applications to cancer biology. One is about mathematical modeling. The other is a...
