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The Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease
by Peter Gluckman ; Mark Hanson
Binding: Paperback, 1 edition, 272 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Weight: 1.23 pound
Dimension: H: 0.55 x L: 9.53 x W: 6.85 inches
ISBN 10: 0521542359
ISBN 13: 9780521542357
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New discoveries reveal how crucial interactions which determine our destiny occur before birth, when our genes interact with their environment as the embryo and fetus develop. These processes in the matrix of the womb are evolutionary echoes of mechanisms which allowed our hunter gatherer ancestors to survive. These exciting insights into predictive adaptive responses suggest new ways of protecting the health of the fetus, infant and adult. If inappropriate they can trigger obesity, diabetes and heart disease, formerly thought to result solely from adult lifestyle. The new concepts in this book are crucial to understanding the daunting public health burden in societies undergoing rapid transition from poverty to affluence. They add an important new dimension to evolutionary theory. Synthesising developmental biology, evolutionary history, medical science, public health and social policy, this is a ground breaking and fascinating account by two of the world's leading pioneers in this important emerging field.

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