Publication: Microevolutionary hypothesis of the obesity epidemic
Microevolutionary hypothesis of the obesity epidemic
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Fraiman, J., Baver, S., & Henneberg, M. (2024). Microevolutionary hypothesis of the obesity epidemic. PLoS ONE, 19(8), e0305255. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305255
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The obesity epidemic represents potentially the largest phenotypic change in Homo sapiens since the origin of the species. Despite obesity’s high heritability, it is generally presumed a change in the gene pool could not have caused the obesity epidemic. Here we advance the hypothesis that a rapid change in the obesogenic gene pool has occurred second to the introduction of modern obstetrics dramatically altering evolutionary pressures on obesity—the microevolutionary hypothesis of the obesity epidemic. Obesity is known to increase ch
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- Fraiman, Joseph
- Baver, Scott
- Henneberg, Maciej
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Fraiman, J., Baver, S., & Henneberg, M. (2024). Microevolutionary hypothesis of the obesity epidemic. PLoS ONE, 19(8), e0305255. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305255
