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Apr 2, 2024 · Classical statistical mediation analyses define the ... early in life but detrimental effects on fitness late in life ... the mean phenotype of the A 1 A 2 genotype is the ...
Figure 1: Different types of natural selection can impact the distribution of phenotypes within a population. In (a) stabilizing selection, an average phenotype is favored. In (b) directional selection, a change in the environment shifts the spectrum of phenotypes observed.
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Jan 2, 2019 · In humans, aneuploidy of autosomes is detrimental and only a few exceptions (trisomy of chromosomes 13, 18 and 21) are compatible with survival, although accompanied with various pathologies....
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Jul 11, 2017 · 1 Altmetric. Metrics. Phenotypic plasticity is an evolutionary driving force in diverse biological processes, including the adaptive immune system, the development of neoplasms, and the ...
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Examples of detrimental changes in cell function are mutations that cause cancer by creating or activating oncogenes or altering tumor suppressor genes (see Molecular Abnormalities). Rarely, a change in cell function confers a survival advantage. These mutations are more likely to be propagated.
Nov 1, 2001 · The thrifty phenotype hypothesis proposes that the epidemiological associations between poor fetal and infant growth and the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome result from the effects of poor nutrition in early life, which produces permanent changes in glucose-insulin metabolism.
Nov 1, 2001 · The thrifty phenotype. The thrifty phenotype hypothesis, introduced by Hales and Barker in 1992 9, proposed the concept that environmental factors acting in early life, in particular undernutrition, might influence later risk of type 2 diabetes.
