Trade-offs in relative limb length among Peruvian children: extending the thrifty phenotype hypothesis to limb proportions.

Trade-offs in relative limb length among Peruvian children: extending the thrifty phenotype hypothesis to limb proportions.

Both the concept of 'brain-sparing' growth and associations between relative lower limb length, childhood environment and adult disease risk are well established. Furthermore, tibia length is suggested to be particularly plastic under conditions of environmental stress. The mechanisms resp...

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Main Authors: Emma Pomeroy, Jay T Stock, Sanja Stanojevic, J Jaime Miranda, Tim J Cole, Jonathan C K Wells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3521697?pdf=render

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