Relaxed natural selection contributes to global obesity increase more in males than in females due to more environmental modifications in female body mass.
<h4>Objective</h4>Relaxed natural selection, measured by Biological State Index (Ibs), results in unfavourable genes/mutations accumulation in population. Obesity is partly heritable. We aim to examine and compare the effects of relaxed natural selection on male and female obesity preval...
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| Main Authors: | Wenpeng You, Maciej Henneberg |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199594&type=printable |
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