Cliff-edge model predicts intergenerational predisposition to dystocia and Caesarean delivery

Philipp Mitteroecker; Sonja Windhager; Mihaela Pavlicev

doi:10.1073/pnas.1712203114

Cliff-edge model predicts intergenerational predisposition to dystocia and Caesarean delivery

Philipp Mitteroecker, Sonja Windhager, Mihaela Pavlicev

Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11669-11672
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Volume	114
Issue number	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712203114
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2017

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106045 Theoretical biology
303007 Epidemiology

Keywords

Caesarean section
human evolution
obstetrical dilemma
obstructed labor
quantitative genetics
BIRTH-WEIGHT
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
GENETIC INFLUENCE
UNITED-STATES
BONY PELVIS
SECTION
SELECTION
OUTCOMES
LENGTH
WOMEN
Quantitative genetics
Obstetrical dilemma
Human evolution
Obstructed labor

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