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Evo-devo of child growth : treatise on child growth and human evolution

Author: Z Hochberg
Publisher: Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2012.
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Working with principles from the fields of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo), this fascinating work offers a new approach to analyzing child growth and development, examining each stage and transition in detail, from fetal development to preadulthood. Based on the author's in-depth review of the current literature and his own observations as a pediatric endocrinologist, the book demonstrates how the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Hochberg, Z.
Evo-devo of child growth.
Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012
(DLC) 2011037214
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Z Hochberg
ISBN: 9781118156124 1118156129 9781118156148 1118156145
OCLC Number: 769189345
Description: 1 online resource (xii, 235 p.)
Contents: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contributor page; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; A. EVOLUTIONARY THINKING IN MEDICINE; B. EVO-DEVO; C. LIFE-HISTORY THEORY; D. EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE IN CHILD GROWTH AND MATURATION; E. CHILD GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT; F. HETEROCHRONY AND ALLOMETRY; G. ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY IN LIFE HISTORY; 2 CHILD GROWTH AND THE THEORY OF LIFE HISTORY; A. LIFE-HISTORY STAGES; B. TRANSITIONS BETWEEN LIFE-HISTORY STAGES; C. DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY AND ADAPTATION; D. CULTURAL ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT; E. ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY OF ATTACHMENT BEHAVIORS.
Responsibility: Zeev Hochberg.

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Working with principles from the fields of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo), this fascinating work offers a new approach to analyzing child growth and development, examining each  Read more...
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