A mathematical model of weight loss under total starvation: evidence against the thrifty-gene hypothesis
SUMMARY The thrifty-gene hypothesis (TGH) posits that the modern genetic predisposition to obesity stems from a historical past where famine selected for genes that promote efficient fat deposition. It has been previously argued that such a scenario is unfeasible because under such strong selection...
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The Company of Biologists,
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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