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Relaxed natural selection contributes to global obesity increase more in males than in females due to more environmental modifications in female body mass
OBJECTIVE: Relaxed natural selection, measured by Biological State Index (I(bs)), results in unfavourable genes/mutations accumulation in population. Obesity is partly heritable. We aim to examine and compare the effects of relaxed natural selection on male and female obesity prevalence. METHODS: Da...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051589/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199594 |