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The evolution of the control of food intake.

The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society - 1 Nov 2002

Illius A W, Tolkamp B J, Yearsley J

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The ultimate goal of an organism is to maximise its inclusive fitness, and an important sub-goal must be the optimisation of the lifetime pattern of food intake, in order to meet the nutrient demands of survival, growth and reproduction. The conventional assumption that fitness is maximised by maximising daily food intake, subject to physical and physiological constraints, has been challenged recently. Instead,...

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PMID: 12691176
DOI: 10.1079/pns2002179

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