Stieglitz, Jonathan, Garcia, Angela, Blackwell, Aaron D., Kaplan, Hillard, Trumble, Benjamin C. and Gurven, Michael (2020) Evidence for height and immune function trade-offs among preadolescents in a high pathogen population. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2020 (n° 1). pp. 86-99.

Abstract

Background: In an energy-limited environment, caloric investments in one characteristic should trade-off with investments in other characteristics. In high pathogen ecologies, biasing energy allocation towards immune function over growth would be predicted, given strong selective pressures against early-life mortality.