Most hair follicles on the human body have evolved to be miniaturized, rendering us practically ‘naked’. Despite sparse body hair, we retain thick hair on our scalps that varies significantly among populations. Yet little is known of the evolutionary history of our scalp hair an…
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Background: In Sweden, about 2,900 surgeries due to a lumbar disc herniation are performed yearly, and the surgical incidence is low compared to the incidence in Denmark and Norway. Surgery for lumbar disc herniation in adolescence is rare and few reports on the outcome of surge…
This dissertation discusses the effects of dyslexia on reading behavior and cognition. It does so by first outlining the overall incidence of dyslexia, providing current definitions, giving a history of scientific inquiry and discussing relevant contemporary research. Thirteen d…
Understanding the origin and elaboration of complex traits is of fundamental interest to scientists and non-scientists alike. Darwin was the first to propose a mechanistic explanation for the evolution of complex traits by suggesting that complexity can evolve by a gradual stepw…
This thesis project was designed to investigate the phenotypic and genotypic variability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug-naïve clade C reverse transcriptase (RT) and its potential impact in the development of resistance against inhibitors of RT. Five treatmen…