Evo-devo of human adolescence: Beyond disease models of early puberty

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hochberg, Ze'ev ^a,b   Belsky, Jay ^c,d,e  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Evolution; Juvenility; Puberty; Youth

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE FERTILITY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HOMINID; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; MALE FERTILITY; MATURATION; MENARCHE; MENTAL STRESS; PLASTICITY; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIALIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PUBERTY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84877329559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-113     Document Type: Review

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