Bridging research in evolution and human health

Evolution, Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 2017, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 162-175

  Lea, Amanda J ^a,d   Tung, Jenny ^a,b   Archie, Elizabeth A ^b,c   Alberts, Susan C ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental origins of health and disease; Developmental plasticity; Early life effects; Epigenetics; Evolution of plasticity; Gene environment interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PREDICTIVE ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 85051684804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eox019     Document Type: Review

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