The ecology of height - the effect of microbial transmission on human height

被引:58
作者
Beard, AS
Blaser, MJ
机构
[1] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Med, New York, NY 10016 USA
[2] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, New York, NY 10016 USA
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D O I
10.1353/pbm.2002.0064
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
The height that adult humans achieve results from a complex interplay between genetic endowment and environmental exposures during development. We hypothesize that exposure to microbes-both exogenous pathogens and endogenous biota-are critical environmental determinants of the expression of human height in a community Both experimental studies and historical changes in height in relation to presumed microbial transmission support this hypothesis.
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页码:475 / 498
页数:24
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