Natural selection in utero induced by mass layoffs: the hCG evidence

Natural selection in utero induced by mass layoffs: the hCG evidence

Abstract Evolutionary theory, when coupled with research from epidemiology, demography, and population endocrinology, suggests that contracting economies affect the fitness and health of human populations via natural selection in utero. We know, for example, that fetal death increases more among mal...

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Main Authors: Ralph Catalano, Claire Margerison‐Zilko, Sidra Goldman‐Mellor, Michelle Pearl, Elizabeth Anderson, Katherine Saxton, Tim Bruckner, Meenakshi Subbaraman, Julia Goodman, Mollie Epstein, Robert Currier, Martin Kharrazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-12-01
Series:Evolutionary Applications
Subjects:
human chorionic gonadotropin
mass layoffs
selection in utero
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00258.x

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