A Darwinian eye view of cancer [electronic resource] / Mel Greaves.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Evolution and medicine: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (54 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Evolution | Medicine | NeoplasmsOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: The prevalence of cancer: man vs. animals -- The proximal causes of cancer: mutations and genotoxic exposures -- Limitations of evolutionary adaptation by natural selection -- Vulnerability to cancer from an evolutionary perspective -- Lack of perfection in evolutionary 'engineering': faults/trade-offs -- Evolutionary adaptation 'has no eyes to the future': mismatches between genetics and lifestyle -- Natural selection will happen: evolution of robust cancer clones -- The only fitness test of 'natural selectability' in evolution is survival and reproductive success: cancer risk escalation in old age.
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