Abstract
The height that adult humans achieve results from a complex interplay between genetic endowment and environmental exposures during development. We hypothesize that exposure to microbes - both exogenous pathogens and endogenous biota - are critical environmental determinants of the expression of human height in a community. Both experimental studies and historical changes in height in relation to presumed microbial transmission support this hypothesis.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 475-498 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Perspectives in Biology and Medicine |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |