The thrifty gene hypothesis, or Gianfranco's hypothesis[citation needed] is an attempt by geneticist James V. Neel to explain why certain populations...

The "drifty gene hypothesis" was proposed by the British biologist John Speakman as an alternative to the thrifty gene hypothesis originally proposed...

Trivers–Willard hypothesis Thrifty gene hypothesis Prenatal nutrition and birth weight Vaag AA, Grunnet LG, Arora GP, Brøns C (August 2012). "The thrifty phenotype...

birth weight Thrifty gene hypothesis Thrifty phenotype Almond, Douglas; Currie, Janet (2011). "Killing Me Softly: The Fetal Origins Hypothesis". The Journal...

Metabolic syndrome Native American health Obesity in the Pacific Thrifty gene hypothesis Gracey, Michael (1995). "New World syndrome in Western Australian...

investigation. The thrifty phenotype hypothesis was proposed by C. Nicholas Hales and David Barker in a study published in 1992. This hypothesis suggested that...

resistance can be an evolutionary adaptation include the thrifty gene hypothesis. This hypothesis raises the point that if there is a genetic component to...

that influence beige adipocyte development. The thrifty gene hypothesis (also called the famine hypothesis) states that in some populations the body would...

evolutionarily-based theories such as the drifty gene hypothesis and the thrifty phenotype hypothesis have also been proposed.[medical citation needed]...

storing energy as fat. This trait serves as the main basis for the "thrifty gene hypothesis", the idea that "feast-or-famine conditions during human evolutionary...

of the offspring of two parents who were of normal weight. The thrifty gene hypothesis postulates that due to dietary scarcity during human evolution...

the drifty gene hypothesis. This idea is controversial and has been criticised by others that support the original thrifty gene hypothesis. A test of...

provide the foundation for it being discovered. Neel developed the "thrifty gene hypothesis" that paleolithic humans, facing long periods of hunger punctuated...

explain PAR are the "thrifty phenotype" hypothesis and the developmental plasticity hypothesis. The thrifty phenotype hypothesis is the idea that if an...

economic, and/or environmental causes of obesity. According to the "thrifty gene hypothesis, a genetic theory explaining rising obesity rates, certain individuals...

1056/NEJMra0906948. PMID 21142536. Ayub, Qasim (Feb 6, 2014). "Revisiting the Thrifty Gene Hypothesis via 65 Loci Associated with Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes"...

topic. The Barker Hypothesis, or Thrifty phenotype, forms the basis for much of the research conducted on fetal programming. This hypothesis states that if...

pregnancy to support the most ideal infant development. The "Barker Hypothesis", or Thrifty phenotype, states that conditions during pregnancy will have long-term...

obesity as "syndromes of impaired genetic homeostasis": the "thrifty genotype" hypothesis enters the 21st century". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine...

birth-season/DRD4 gene interaction predicts weight gain and obesity in women with seasonal affective disorder: A seasonal thrifty phenotype hypothesis". Neuropsychopharmacology...

Physiology Physiology of dinosaurs Raymond B. Huey Theodore Garland, Jr. Thrifty phenotype Garland, T. Jr.; P. A. Carter (1994). "Evolutionary physiology"...

manipulativeness/machiavellianism, honesty, sexiness/seductiveness, thriftiness, conservativeness, masculinity/femininity, snobbishness/egotism, sense...

secure continued strong backing. However, he was criticised for being thrifty and refusing to invest in cutting edge equipment, despite the Hall Institute's...

about eight feet high, very dense, showing nothing but foliage, like a thrifty arbor vitae, and remarkable, particularly in winter, for the star-like...