Description: List of Contributors Part I: Introduction 1. Introducing evolutionary thinking, Stephen C. Stearns 2. Research designs that address evolutionary questions about medical disorders, Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams Part II: Human history and human genes 3. The history and geography of human genetic diversity, Guido Barbujani & Laurent Excoffier 4. Medically relevant genetic variation of drug effects, Urs A. Meyer 5. Genetic variation and human disease: The role of natural selection, Adrian V. S. Hill and Arno G. Motulsky 6. Human genetic variation and its impact on public health and medicine, Adrian V. S. Hill et al. Part III: Natural selection, conflicts, and constraints 7. Genetic conflicts of pregnancy and childhood, David Haig 8. Human evolution and disease: putting the Stone Age in perspective, Beverly I. Strassmann & Robin I. M. Dunbar 9. Pathogen-driven sexual selection and the evolution of health, Claus Wedekind 10. Evolutionary interpretations of the diversity of reproductive health and disease, Roger G. Gosden et al. Part IV: Pathogens, drugs and virulence 11. The population biology of anti-infective chemotherapy and the evolution of drug resistance: more questions than answers, Bruce R. Levin and Roy M. Anderson 12. Development and use of vaccines against evolving pathogens: vaccine design, Angela McLean 13. Evolution of infectious diseases: the impact of vaccines, drugs and social factors, Charles Bangham et al. 14. The evolution and expression of parasite virulence, Dieter Ebert 15. Molecular phylogenies and the genetic structure of viral populations, Edward C. Holmes 16. The genetic population structure of pathogenic bacteria, John Maynard Smith & Noel Smith 17. Whole-genome analyses of pathogens, E. Richard Moxon 18. What can evolutionary biology contribute to understanding virulence?, Andrew F. Read et al. Part V: Non-infectious and degenerative disease 19. Evolution, senescence and health in old age, Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, George M. Martin, and Linda Partridge 20. An evolutionary perspective on the genetic architecture of susceptibility to cardiovascular disease, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Jari Stengard, and Alan Templeton 21. The fetal origins of coronary heart disease and stroke: evolutionary implications, David J. P. Barker 22. The evolutionary context of chronic degenerative diseases, S. Boyd Eaton & Stanley B. Eaton III 23. Testing evolutionary hypotheses about mental disorders, Randolph M. Nesse 24. The evolution of non-infectious and degenerative disease, John Maynard Smith et al. References Index

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