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

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-21

  Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 13444249906     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20091     Document Type: Review

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