Developmental adaptation: Where we go from here

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 694-703

  Frisancho, A Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; LUNG; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 70350733387     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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