Sex Differences: A Resultant of an Evolutionary Pressure?

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 499-505

  Della Torre, Sara ^a   Maggi, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NOTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85012906181     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.01.006     Document Type: Note

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