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Genotype interaction with undernutrition and external environment in early life

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IN spite of the well documented effect of early undernutrition on body and brain size in adult animals1–3, its reported influence on behaviour has been less consistent. Changes in performance in learning tasks and activity tests have been found following undernutrition in early life4–7. Several studies, however, have shown little or no effect of such a manipulation8–10. Here we consider two factors which may contribute to variability in later behavioural response to early life undernutrition.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Milbank Research Laboratories, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, New York, 10016

    DAVID A. BLIZARD & CLARK T. RANDT

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BLIZARD, D., RANDT, C. Genotype interaction with undernutrition and external environment in early life. Nature 251, 705–707 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251705a0

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