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Infectious Diseases as Selective Agents

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Biological Aspects of Social Problems

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Although we may rightly be proud of the wonderful achievements in present day biology, we must realize that the main trends of thought and investigation in this science are still proceeding along the tracks marked by two fundamental discoveries of the last century, namely the cellular structure of organisms and evolution by natural selection.

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    J. E. Meade C.B., M.A., F.B.A. (Professor of Political Economy) & A. S. Parkes C.B.E, M.A., SC.D., F.R.S. (Mary Marshal Professor of the Physiology of Reproduction) (Professor of Political Economy) &  (Mary Marshal Professor of the Physiology of Reproduction)

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Montalenti, G. (1965). Infectious Diseases as Selective Agents. In: Meade, J.E., Parkes, A.S. (eds) Biological Aspects of Social Problems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6580-6_11

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