Animal models in light of evolution
By: Niall Shanks and C. Ray Greek.
Contributors: Greek, C. Ray.
Publisher: BrownWalker Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9781599425023
Subjects: Animal models in research; Animal experimentation; Evolution (Biology) -- Simulation methods; Evolutionary genetics -- Research; Biomedical Research; Models, Animal; Developmental Biology; Evolution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Matters of science; title: A brief history of animals in early science; title: Animals and the methods of 19th century physiology; title: Introduction to models in science; title: Animals as model systems; title: Evolution and genetics; title: Evolution and development; title: Organisms and delegated complexity; title: Evolution and the metabolism of xenobiotics; title: Predictive models in toxicology and oncology; title: Predictive models in teratology; title: Evidence and opinion; title: Improving prediction : genetically modified animals; title: Improving prediction : primate studies.