Table 1 Topics discussed in the evolutionary medicine lecture course
Lectures | Presentations |
|---|---|
Hominid evolution, human life histories | Menstruation |
Reproductive conflicts, atresia, miscarriages | Miscarriages and mate choice |
Aging, menopause, and cancer | Cancer as an evolutionary process |
Developmental origins of adult disease | The metabolic syndrome |
Evolutionary immunobiology | Helminths and multiple sclerosis |
The Hygene Hypothesis, the microbiome | Gut microflora and autoimmune disease |
Variation for resistance and drug metabolism | Personal medicine |
Virus genetics and evolution | HIV origins and evolution |
Bacterial genetics, experimental evolution | Virus niche evolution and emergence |
Pathogen evolution, resistance, virulence | Imperfect vaccines and virulence |
Ecology and evolution of emerging diseases | Evolutionary epidemiology of influenza |