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- 2011037214 alternative "Treatise on child growth and human evolution".
- 2011037214 contributor B12143549.
- 2011037214 created "c2012.".
- 2011037214 date "2012".
- 2011037214 date "c2012.".
- 2011037214 dateCopyrighted "c2012.".
- 2011037214 description "I. 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 -- II. 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 ; F. Note by George Chrousos on stress in early life : a developmental and evolutionary perspective. 1. Stress concepts ; 2. Stress mechanisms ; 3. Pathological effects of stress ; G. Note by Stefan Borenstein and Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis on endogenous stem cells as components of plasticity and adaptation. 1. The adult mammalian brain : plastic or rigid? ; 2. Hidden plasticity potential in the brain ; 3. Neurogenic cell vs. neural stem cell ; 4. Does the role of neural stem cells change from the developing age to the adult? ; 5. The disconnect between neurogenesis and the presence of neural stem cells ; 6. Fetal vs. adult neural stem cells ; 7. Signal transduction of stem cell regulation ; 8. Beyond the nervous system ; 9. Conclusions -- III. Fetal growth. A. Endocrine and metabolic control of fetal growth ; B. The role of the placenta ; C. Developmental origins of health and adult disease (DOHaD) ; D. Imprinted genes and intrauterine growth ; E. Note by Alan Templeton on the evolutionary connection between senescence and childhood growth and development. 1. An evolutionary theory of aging ; 2. Thrifty genotypes and antagonistic pleiotropy ; 3. Thrifty genotypes and heart disease ; 4. Why we grow old : the answer -- IV. Infancy. A. The reproductive dilemma ; B. The obstetrical dilemma ; C. Growth of the infant ; D. Endocrine aspects of infantile growth ; E. Infancy -- childhood transition : determination of adult stature ; F. Weaning from breast-feeding -- V. Childhood. A. The weanling's dilemma ; B. The grandmother theory ; C. Growth of the child ; D. Endocrine aspects of childhood growth -- VI. Juvenility. A. The social/cognitive definition of juvenility ; B. Paleoanthropological juvenility and teeth eruption ; C. Adrenarche ; D. Juvenile body composition ; E. Growth of the juvenile ; F. Trade-offs for the timing of transition to juvenility ; G. Precocious juvenility ; H. The Pygmy paradigm for precocious juvenility ; I. Evolutionary perspective in precocious juvenility -- VII. Adolescence. A. Human evolution of adolescence ; B. Transition from juvenility to adolescence ; C. Pubertal growth -- VIII. Youth -- IX. Evolutionary strategies for body size. A. The little people of Flores ; B. Lessons from the great apes ; C. The handicap theory ; D. Sexual dimorphism ; E. The role of sex steroids -- X. Energy considerations. A. Endocrine control of energy expenditure ; B. Weaning and growth in a malnourished environment -- XI. Stage transitions : trade-offs and adaptive phenotypic plasticity. A. Transgenerational influences in life-stage transition ; B. Epigenetics and life-history stage transitions ; C. Note by Ken Ong on population genetics and child growth and maturation. 1. Genetic adaptation ; 2. The genetic epidemiology of child growth and maturation ; 3. Basic principles and heritability estimates from twin studies ; 4. More complex heritability models ; 5. Heritability is dependent upon the setting ; 6. Essential genes for childhood growth and maturation ; 7. Common genetic variants for childhood growth and maturation ; 8. GWAS findings lead to new biology ; 9. GWAS findings lead to new phenotypic understanding ; 10. Genetic adaptations for childhood growth and maturation ; 11. Conclusions ; D. Note by Moshe Szyf on the DNA methylation pattern as a molecular link between early childhood and adult health. 1. Introduction ; 2. DNA methylation patterns and their roles in cellular differentiation and gene expression ; 3. DNA methylation as a genome adaptation mechanism ; 4. Epigenetic programming by the early life social environment ; 5. Genome and system-wide impact of early life adversity ; 6. Prospective and summary -- XII. Life history theory in understanding growth disorders. A. Down syndrome ; B. Noonan's syndrome ; C. Silver-Russell syndrome ; D. Additional cases -- XIII. When the packages disintegrate -- XIV. Concluding remarks.".
- 2011037214 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 2011037214 extent "xii, 235 p. :".
- 2011037214 identifier "1118027167 (hardback)".
- 2011037214 identifier "9781118027165 (hardback)".
- 2011037214 issued "2012".
- 2011037214 issued "c2012.".
- 2011037214 language "eng".
- 2011037214 publisher "Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell,".
- 2011037214 subject "2012 B-624".
- 2011037214 subject "618.92 23".
- 2011037214 subject "Biological Evolution.".
- 2011037214 subject "Child Development.".
- 2011037214 subject "Child development.".
- 2011037214 subject "Children Growth.".
- 2011037214 subject "Growth.".
- 2011037214 subject "Human evolution.".
- 2011037214 subject "RJ131 .H595 2012".
- 2011037214 subject "WS 105".
- 2011037214 tableOfContents "I. 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 -- II. 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 ; F. Note by George Chrousos on stress in early life : a developmental and evolutionary perspective. 1. Stress concepts ; 2. Stress mechanisms ; 3. Pathological effects of stress ; G. Note by Stefan Borenstein and Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis on endogenous stem cells as components of plasticity and adaptation. 1. The adult mammalian brain : plastic or rigid? ; 2. Hidden plasticity potential in the brain ; 3. Neurogenic cell vs. neural stem cell ; 4. Does the role of neural stem cells change from the developing age to the adult? ; 5. The disconnect between neurogenesis and the presence of neural stem cells ; 6. Fetal vs. adult neural stem cells ; 7. Signal transduction of stem cell regulation ; 8. Beyond the nervous system ; 9. Conclusions -- III. Fetal growth. A. Endocrine and metabolic control of fetal growth ; B. The role of the placenta ; C. Developmental origins of health and adult disease (DOHaD) ; D. Imprinted genes and intrauterine growth ; E. Note by Alan Templeton on the evolutionary connection between senescence and childhood growth and development. 1. An evolutionary theory of aging ; 2. Thrifty genotypes and antagonistic pleiotropy ; 3. Thrifty genotypes and heart disease ; 4. Why we grow old : the answer -- IV. Infancy. A. The reproductive dilemma ; B. The obstetrical dilemma ; C. Growth of the infant ; D. Endocrine aspects of infantile growth ; E. Infancy -- childhood transition : determination of adult stature ; F. Weaning from breast-feeding -- V. Childhood. A. The weanling's dilemma ; B. The grandmother theory ; C. Growth of the child ; D. Endocrine aspects of childhood growth -- VI. Juvenility. A. The social/cognitive definition of juvenility ; B. Paleoanthropological juvenility and teeth eruption ; C. Adrenarche ; D. Juvenile body composition ; E. Growth of the juvenile ; F. Trade-offs for the timing of transition to juvenility ; G. Precocious juvenility ; H. The Pygmy paradigm for precocious juvenility ; I. Evolutionary perspective in precocious juvenility -- VII. Adolescence. A. Human evolution of adolescence ; B. Transition from juvenility to adolescence ; C. Pubertal growth -- VIII. Youth -- IX. Evolutionary strategies for body size. A. The little people of Flores ; B. Lessons from the great apes ; C. The handicap theory ; D. Sexual dimorphism ; E. The role of sex steroids -- X. Energy considerations. A. Endocrine control of energy expenditure ; B. Weaning and growth in a malnourished environment -- XI. Stage transitions : trade-offs and adaptive phenotypic plasticity. A. Transgenerational influences in life-stage transition ; B. Epigenetics and life-history stage transitions ; C. Note by Ken Ong on population genetics and child growth and maturation. 1. Genetic adaptation ; 2. The genetic epidemiology of child growth and maturation ; 3. Basic principles and heritability estimates from twin studies ; 4. More complex heritability models ; 5. Heritability is dependent upon the setting ; 6. Essential genes for childhood growth and maturation ; 7. Common genetic variants for childhood growth and maturation ; 8. GWAS findings lead to new biology ; 9. GWAS findings lead to new phenotypic understanding ; 10. Genetic adaptations for childhood growth and maturation ; 11. Conclusions ; D. Note by Moshe Szyf on the DNA methylation pattern as a molecular link between early childhood and adult health. 1. Introduction ; 2. DNA methylation patterns and their roles in cellular differentiation and gene expression ; 3. DNA methylation as a genome adaptation mechanism ; 4. Epigenetic programming by the early life social environment ; 5. Genome and system-wide impact of early life adversity ; 6. Prospective and summary -- XII. Life history theory in understanding growth disorders. A. Down syndrome ; B. Noonan's syndrome ; C. Silver-Russell syndrome ; D. Additional cases -- XIII. When the packages disintegrate -- XIV. Concluding remarks.".
- 2011037214 title "Evo-devo of child growth : treatise on child growth and human evolution / Ze'ev Hochberg.".
- 2011037214 title "Treatise on child growth and human evolution".
- 2011037214 type "text".