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Author Moalem, Sharon.

Title Survival of the sickest : a medical maverick discovers why we need disease / Sharon Moalem ; with Jonathan Prince.

Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  616.042 M711    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.042 MOALEM    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  616.042 MOALEM    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  616.042 MOALEM    Assumed Lost
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 267 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-253) and index.
Contents Introduction -- ch. 1 Ironing it out -- ch. 2. A spoonful of sugar helps the temperature go down -- ch. 3. The cholesterol also rises -- ch. 4. Hey, Bud, can you do me a fava? -- ch. 5. Of microbes and men -- ch. 6. Jump into the gene pool -- ch. 7. Methyl madness : road to the final phenotype -- ch. 8. That's life : why you and your iPod must die -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Disease susceptibility -- Genetic aspects.
Human evolution.
Natural selection.
Genetic Predisposition to Disease.
Evolution.
Survival -- physiology.
Genetic Variation.
Added Author Prince, Jonathan.
ISBN 0060889659
9780060889654
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