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<journal-id>0026-1742</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0026-1742</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La medicina evolutiva o darwiniana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evolutionary or Darwinian medicine]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fidel Ramón]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Farías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José María]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Medicina Departamento de Fisiología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México, DF. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Medicina Departamento de Fisiología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México, DF. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2014</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>57</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>5</fpage>
<lpage>14</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0026-17422014000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0026-17422014000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0026-17422014000200005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La Medicina Evolutiva es un enfoque al estudio de la medicina propuesto en 1994 por Randolph Nesse y George Williams, médico y biólogo evolucionista respectivamente. Aunque la evolución es una observación hecha desde hace miles de años, fue hasta que Charles Darwin describió el mecanismo que la impulsa, llamado Selección Natural y que este fue complementado con las leyes de la herencia de Gregor Mendel y los estudios que dieron origen a la genética, que su enfoque médico es aceptado. Aunque actualmente su aplicación es limitada, varias escuelas de medicina en los Estados Unidos y Europa tienen ya programas y departamentos especializados en este enfoque al estudio de la medicina. Su propósito principal es entender el origen evolutivo de las enfermedades para mejorar el cuidado y tratamiento de los pacientes. Una materia optativa sobre Medicina Evolutiva está accesible para estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Evolutionary medicine is an approach to the study of medicine proposed by Randolph Nesse y George Williams, physician and evolutionary biologist, respectively, in 1994. Although evolution is an observation performed since thousands of years ago, it was until Charles Darwin described the mechanism driving it, called Natural selection, which was complemented with Mendel&#8217;s laws of inheritance and the studies that gave birth to genetics, that its medical approach was accepted. Although its current application is limited, several American and European medical schools have their programs and departments specialized in this approach for the study of medicine. Its main objective is to understand the evolutionary origin of diseases to improve patient&#8217;s care and treatment. A free-choice subject on Evolutionary Medicine is available for the students of the Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM.]]></p></abstract>
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