Maternal pelvic dimensions and neonatal size: Implications for growth plasticity in early life as adaptation

Evolution, Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 2017, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 191-200

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a   Figueiroa, José N ^b   Alves, Joao G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Birth weight; Developmental plasticity; Fetal growth; Maternal pelvis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH HEAD GIRTH; BIRTH LENGTH; BIRTH THORAX GIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CONJUGATE DIAMETER; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERCRYSTAL DIAMETER; INTERSPINOUS DIAMETER; MATERNAL HEIGHT; MATERNAL PELVIC DIMENSION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEONATAL SIZE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PELVIS FLOOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PLASTICITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 85051685025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eox016     Document Type: Article

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