Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Genetics, Medical Research, Embryology, Biology - Developmental, Physical Anthropology, Evolution

Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease

Name: Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease
Author: Peter Gluckman
ISBN: 9780521542357

by Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson

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Overview

New discoveries reveal how crucial interactions that determine our destiny occur before birth, when our genes interact with their environment as the embryo and fetus develop. The new concepts in this book are crucial to understanding the public health burden in societies undergoing rapid transition from poverty to affluence. They add an important new dimension to evolutionary theory. Synthesising developmental biology, evolutionary history, medical science, public health and social policy, this is a ground-breaking account by two of the world's leading pioneers in this emerging field.

Synopsis

A ground-breaking and fascinating account of fetal origins of adult disease.

About the Author, Peter Gluckman

In 2004, Dr Peter Gluckman was named 'New Zealander of the Year' by the New Zealand Herald. The newspaper recognized him for 'a long career of achievement that has brought life-saving developments in medicine and demonstrated an ability to produce world-leading scientific research in New Zealand.