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Evidence for height and immune function trade-offs among preadolescents in a high pathogen population

BACKGROUND: In an energy-limited environment, caloric investments in one characteristic should trade-off with investments in other characteristics. In high pathogen ecologies, biasing energy allocation towards immune function over growth would be predicted, given strong selective pressures against e...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Angela R, Blackwell, Aaron D, Trumble, Benjamin C, Stieglitz, Jonathan, Kaplan, Hillard, Gurven, Michael D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa017

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