Developmental plasticity and evolutionary biology
Developmental plasticity and evolutionary biology
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DOI：
10.1093/jn/137.4.1060
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发表时间：
2007-04-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Bateson, Patrick
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作者：
Bateson, Patrick
胎儿的经历决定了成年人的一些特征。营养良好的母亲，其后代适应富裕的条件；营养水平低的母亲所生的后代适应贫乏的环境。如果母亲对后代未来环境的预测不正确，后代的健康可能会受到严重影响。发育可塑性是生活在经济快速变化条件下的人类健康状况不佳的原因，这在生物学中是很常见的。了解进化背景可以了解人类健康状况不佳的发育起源，并对公共卫生产生深远的影响。
Fetal experience determines some of the characteristics of human adults. Well-nourished mothers have offspring who are adapted to affluent conditions; mothers on a low level of nutrition have offspring who are adapted to lean environments. If the mother's forecast of her offspring's future environment is incorrect, the health of her offspring may suffer severely. The developmental plasticity that accounts for the ill health of humans who are living in conditions of rapid economic change is commonplace in biology, Understanding the evolutionary background sets the developmental origins of ill health in humans in context and has profound implications for public health.