Deciphering Growth

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carel, Jean-Claude (Editor), Kelly, Paul A. (Editor), Christen, Yves (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.

Growth is a complex process that is essential to life. Not only does size play an important role in the process of cellular proliferation, but body size is also a critical factor in determining which organisms live longer. In mammals, the major factors involved in the regulation of body growth are k...