Growth pattern from birth to adulthood in African pygmies of known age

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rozzi, Fernando V Ramirez ^a   Koudou, Yves ^b   Froment, Alain ^c   Le Bouc, Yves ^d   Botton, Jérémie ^e  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; BIRTH DATE; BODY SIZE; ETHNIC GROUP; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BAKA PYGMY; BIRTH; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EAST AFRICAN; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; LIFE HISTORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PYGMY; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BLACK PERSON; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

BAKA; CHINA; EAST AFRICA; YUNNAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938053702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8672     Document Type: Article

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