Evo-Devo of Child Growth Treatise on Child Growth and Human Evolution

Workingwithprinciplesfromthefieldsofevolutionaryanddevelopmentalbiology(evo-devo),thisfascinatingworkoffersanewapproachtoanalyzingchildgrowthanddevelopment,examiningeachstageandtransitionindetail,fromfetaldevelopmenttopreadulthood.Basedontheauthor'sin-depthreviewofthecurrentliteratureandhisownobservationsasapediatricendocrinologist,thebookdemonstrateshowthetransitionsbetweenhumanlifehistoryphasesrepresentuniqueperiodsofevolutionaryadaptiveresponsetotheenvironment.Inaddition,theauthorexplainswhyanunderstandingofthesetransitionperiodsenablesustobetterunderstandthesequenceandmechanismsofchildgrowthaswellastobetterdiagnosechildgrowthdisorders.Logicallyorganizedandclearlywritten,Evo-DevoofChildGrowth:Setsasolidfoundationofprinciplessuchasevolutionarythinkinginmedicineandchildgrowth,lifehistorytheory,andheterochronyandallometryExaminestherelationshipbetweenchildgrowthandthetheoryoflifehistoryAppliesevo-devotheorytofetalgrowth,infancy,childhood,juvenility,adolescence,andpreadulthoodExploresthetrade-offsandadaptivephenotypicplasticityduringtransitionperiodsExplainstheroleoflifehistorytheoryinunderstandinganddiagnosinggrowthdisorderssuchasDownsyndrome,Noonansyndrome,andSilver-RussellsyndromeInadditiontotheauthor'sownanalysisandobservations,thisbookalsofeaturesnotesfromleadingcliniciansandevolutionarybiologists,offeringadditionalperspectivesontherelationshipbetweenevo-devoandchildgrowthanddevelopment.Evo-DevoofChildGrowthprovidesanewperspectiveforevolutionarybiologiststounderstandthephasesandtransitionsofchildgrowth.Moreover,itoffersanewapproachtohelpclinicianstobetterunderstandanddiagnoseabroadrangeofchildgrowthdisorders.,