Trade-Offs in Relative Limb Length among Peruvian Children: Extending the Thrifty Phenotype Hypothesis to Limb Proportions

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Both the concept of ‘brain-sparing’ growth and associations between relative lower limb length, childhood environment and adult disease risk are well established. Furthermore, tibia length is suggested to be particularly plastic under conditions of environmental stress. The m...

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Autores principales: Pomeroy, Emma, Stock, Jay T., Stanojevic, Sanja, Miranda, J. Jaime, Cole, Tim J., Wells, Jonathan C. K.
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/PMC3521697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051795

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051795

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