Preparing offspring for future conditions is adaptive

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 111-

  Bateson, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FORECASTING; FUTUROLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADULT CHILDREN; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 42949124356     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2008.02.001     Document Type: Letter

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