Many ways to die, one way to arrive: How selection acts through pregnancy

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 585-592

  Brown, Elizabeth A ^a   Ruvolo, Maryellen ^a   Sabeti, Pardis C ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Human evolution; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Selection

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COLECALCIFEROL; FAT; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

CHOLERA; DIET; DYSENTERY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; MALARIA; MATERNAL BLOOD; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRIENT; PLACENTA MALARIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; RICE; SMALLPOX; SPANISH INFLUENZA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VEGETABLE;

GESTATIONAL DIABETES; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SELECTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEATH; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; PREGNANCY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84884417619     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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