Life history trade-offs associated with exposure to low maternal capital are different in sons compared to daughters: Evidence from a prospective Brazilian birth cohort

• Main Authors: Jonathan C. K. Wells (Author), Tim J. Cole (Author), Mario Cortina-Borja (Author), Rebecca Sear (Author), David A. Leon (Author), Akanksha A. Marphatia (Author), Joseph Murray (Author), Fernando C. Wehrmeister (Author), Paula D. Oliveira (Author), Helen Gonçalves (Author), Isabel O. Oliveira (Author), Ana Maria B. Menezes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundEnvironmental exposures in early life explain variability in many physiological and behavioural traits in adulthood. Recently, we showed that exposure to a composite marker of low maternal capital explained the clustering of adverse behavioural and physical traits in adult daughters in a B...