Plutynski, A (2017) Evolutionary Perspectives on Molecular Medicine: Cancer from an Evolutionary Perspective. Philosophy of Molecular Medicine: Foundational Issues in Research and Practice. pp. 122-145.
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There is an active research program currently underway, which treats cancer progression as an evolutionary process. This contribution investigates the ways that cancer progression is like and unlike evolution in other contexts. The aim is to take a multi-level perspective on cancer, investigating the levels at which selection may be acting, the unit or target of selection, the relative roles of selection and drift, and the idea that cancer progression may be a by-product of selection at other levels of organization.
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| Keywords: | evolution, cancer, natural selection, molecular biology | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Depositing User: | A Plutynski | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2018 00:20 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2018 00:20 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15330 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Molecular Medicine: Foundational Issues in Research and Practice | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/978131737835... | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Date: | 2017 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 122-145 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15330 |
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