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Topics

Readings

Human Genetics
What is a gene and how does it work?
Molecular biology and embryonic development

Evolutionary medicine
What is evolution and how does it work?  How can we use evolutionary principles to understand human disease

Why We Get Sick:  The New Science of Darwinian Medicine
R.M Nesse & G.C. Williams

Virulence of pathogens
Using principles of evolutionary biology to control the spread and harm of pathogens.

Selected readings

Origin of Sex
How thinking about immunology helps unravel the paradox of sex

The Red Queen
Matt Ridley