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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"thrifty phenotype hypothesis"”.
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Aggressive Behavioral Phenotype in Intrauterine Growth Restricted (IUGR) Baboons Exposed to Moderate Nutrient Restriction Early in Development
The thrifty phenotype hypothesis proposes reduced nutrition alters the trajectory of development of metabolic regulatory systems to produce a phenotype better fitted to an environment of decreased later-life nutrient availability. Because organisms have physiological mechanisms for coping with poor …
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The effect of maternal nutrition on offspring gene regulation via epigenetic modulation
… region was observed. These results supported the hypothesis that maternal protein restriction during pregnancy programs p16 and p21 expression through histone modification alterations in offspring mammary gland. Maternal nutrition restriction can also lead to low birth weight, which is associated …