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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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Series: | Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/608740 |