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Wiley India Pvt Ltd Molecular Nutrition And Genomics Nutrition And The Ascent Of Humankind by Lucock Mark
About the Book: Molecular Nutrition and Genomics: Nutrition and the Ascent of HumankindWith subject matter drawn from a range of relevant disciplines that extend from molecular nutrition, nutritional sciences and nutrition dietetics through to genetics, genomics and anthropology, Molecular Nutrition: Nutrition and the Evolution of Humankind aims to become the text and reference book of choice for a wide range of teachers, students and researchers who are interested in understanding the absolutely fundamental role that nutrition has played and continues to play in shaping who and what human beings are, as well as where they evolved from, and where they may be headed as a speciesContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1-Defining Important ConceptsChapter 2-Molecular Mechanisms of Genetic Variation Linked to DietChapter 3-Essential Nutrients and Genomic Integrity: Developmental and Degenerative CorrelatesChapter 4-Nutrients and Cerebral Function in Human EvolutionChapter 5-The Evolution of Micronutrient MetabolismChapter 6-Evolved Refinement of the Human Lifecycle Based on Nutritional CriteriaChapter 7-The Evolution of Human DiseaseChapter 8-Contemporary Dietary Patterns that Work: The Mediterranean DietChapter 9-Some Non-Micronutrient Essential and Nonessential Nutrients with Molecular and Possible Evolutionary ImpactChapter 10-Natural Food Toxins and the Human DietChapter 11-NutrigenomicsChapter 12-The Evolution of Protein FunctionChapter 13-Leading Edge Laboratory Tools in Nutrigenomics and Human Evolutionary StudiesReferencesIndexAbout the Author: Mark LucockMark Lucock is Professor and Senior Lecturer in Human Molecular Nutrition at the University of Newcastle School of Environmental and Life Sciences, New South Wales, Australia and is an internationally well-known and recognized leader in the fields of human nutrition, nutrition and genetics and genomics and nutrition and evolution.