A major focus of evolutionary medicine is trying to understand why natural selection has left the body vulnerable to disease. This month’s Evolution lead article by Douglas J. Futuyma offers a major and long-needed review. The focus is more on on species and...
Disease as a byproduct of adaptation An article chock full of content on antagonistic pleiotropy and balancing selection by Razib Khan on the Discover Magazine web page. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintWhatsAppLinkedInLike this:Like...
Soscia, et al. in PLoS One. 2010; 5(3): e9505 (open access) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009505. The Alzheimer’s Disease-Associated Amyloid beta Protein Is an Antimicrobial Peptide Background The amyloid...
Restif provides a wonderful review of progress in evolutionary epidemiology of infectious disease, and the many opportunities that remain untapped. —————————————- Infection, Genetics and...
The complete course on evolutionary biology taught by Stephan Stearns at Yale is now available on the web. It free, wonderful, and accessible from anywhere. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintWhatsAppLinkedInLike this:Like...
