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Re-examining heritability: genetics, life history and plasticity.

Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Oct 2011

Wells Jonathan C K, Stock Jay T

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Human life-history traits (growth, maturation, nutritional status) are increasingly associated with risk of chronic degenerative disease. Twin studies suggest high heritability of such traits; however, although sophisticated approaches have identified genetic variation underlying a proportion of this heritability, studies also increasingly demonstrate significant plasticity, and many life-history traits are able...

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PMID: 21757369
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2011.05.006

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