The same growth pattern from puberty suggests that modern human diversity results from changes during pre-pubertal development.

ABSTRACT: Patterns of human growth established for one population have rarely been tested in other populations. In a previous study, three growth curves from puberty were modelled for each sex in a longitudinal study of a Caucasian population based on stature, age at peak of growth and biological maturation. Each curve represents the canalisation of growth associated with the type of puberty. The high precision (± 3 cm) of individual adult stature predictions shows that growth kinetics are already set up at puberty and are canalised depending on biological maturity. Our aim is to assess whether this model can be extrapolated to other populations to test whether growth canalisation is a population-dependent phenomenon or if the model reflects a canalisation pattern specific to our species. The modell

SUBMITTER: Pineau JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7921106 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature