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. 2011 Dec 19:343:d7671.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7671.

Evolutionary biology within medicine: a perspective of growing value

Peter D Gluckman  1 , Carl T Bergstrom
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Evolutionary biology within medicine: a perspective of growing value

Peter D Gluckman et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Evolutionary biology provides an essential perspective on the determinants of health and disease, believe Peter Gluckman and Carl Bergstrom. It needs to be further integrated into medical research and teaching

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Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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