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. 2012 Sep 30;3(2):e127–e137.

Table 1.

Key topics for teaching ET in medicine

  1. Antibiotic resistance

  2. Virulence evolution

  3. Population genetics

  4. Selection for disease genes

  5. Mutation selection balance

  6. Levels of selection

  7. Host–pathogen arms race

  8. Novel environment causing disease

  9. Trade-offs

  10. Comparative anatomy

  11. Defense regulation

  12. Life history evolution

  13. Design flaws from path dependence

  14. Primate phylogeny

  15. Kin selection

  16. Proximate/ultimate distinction