Impaired Perinatal Growth and Longevity: A Life History Perspective

Life history theory proposes that early-life cues induce highly integrated responses in traits associated with energy partitioning, maturation, reproduction, and aging such that the individual phenotype is adaptively more appropriate to the anticipated environment. Thus, maternal and/or neonatally d...

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Main Authors: Deborah M. Sloboda, Alan S. Beedle, Cinda L. Cupido, Peter D. Gluckman, Mark H. Vickers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/608740