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Cliff-edge model predicts intergenerational predisposition to dystocia and Caesarean delivery

Recently, we presented the cliff-edge model to explain the evolutionary persistence of relatively high incidences of fetopelvic disproportion (FPD) in human childbirth. According to this model, the regular application of Caesarean sections since the mid-20th century has triggered an evolutionary inc...

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Autores principales: Mitteroecker, Philipp, Windhager, Sonja, Pavlicev, Mihaela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29078368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712203114