Fetal Liver Blood Flow Distribution: Role in Human Developmental Strategy to Prioritize Fat Deposition versus Brain Development

Among primates, human neonates have the largest brains but also the highest proportion of body fat. If placental nutrient supply is limited, the fetus faces a dilemma: should resources be allocated to brain growth, or to fat deposition for use as a potential postnatal energy reserve? We hypothesised...

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Autores principales: Godfrey, Keith M., Haugen, Guttorm, Kiserud, Torvid, Inskip, Hazel M., Cooper, Cyrus, Harvey, Nicholas C. W., Crozier, Sarah R., Robinson, Sian M., Davies, Lucy, Hanson, Mark A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22927915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041759

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22927915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041759

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