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Fetal origins of developmental plasticity: are fetal cues reliable predictors of future nutritional environments?

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000

Kuzawa Christopher W

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Evidence that fetal nutrition triggers permanent adjustments in a wide range of systems and health outcomes is stimulating interest in the evolutionary significance of these responses. This review evaluates the postnatal adaptive significance of fetal developmental plasticity from the perspective of life history theory and evolutionary models of energy partitioning. Birthweight is positively related to multiple...

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PMID: 15611967
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20091

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