Developmental origins of adult function and health: Evolutionary hypotheses

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2009, Pages 131-147

  Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a   Quinn, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Developmental plasticity; DOHaD; Fetal growth; Life history; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350449631     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164350     Document Type: Article

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