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Human growth: evolutionary and life history perspectives.

Nestle Nutrition Institute workshop series - 1 Jan 2013

Gluckman Peter D, Beedle Alan S, Hanson Mark A, Low Felicia M

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Evolutionary and life history perspectives allow a fuller understanding of both patterns of growth and development and variations in disease risk. Evolutionary processes act to ensure successful reproduction and not the preservation of health and longevity, and this entails trade-offs both between traits and across the life course. Developmental plasticity adjusts the developmental trajectory so that the...

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PMID: 23502143
DOI: 10.1159/000342572

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