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Differences in size, proportions, and body composition during growth and into adulthood result from interactions between the genetic material and the nutritional milieu, during both prenatal and postnatal development. So closely are nutrition and genetics related that one of these variables is often confounded with the other, and for many population differences the resolution is not yet fully clear.
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Garn, S.M., Robinow, M., Bailey, S.M. (1979). Genetic and Nutritional Interactions. In: Jelliffe, D.B., Jelliffe, E.F.P. (eds) Nutrition and Growth. Human Nutrition, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2916-9_3
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