Early life drought predicts components of adult body size in wild female baboons.
Emily J LevyAnna LeeI Long'ida SiodiEmma C HelmichEmily M McLeanElise J MaloneMaggie J PickardRiddhi RanjithkumarJenny TungElizabeth A ArchieSusan C AlbertsPublished in: American journal of biological anthropology (2023)
Our results suggest that baboon limbs, but not torsos, grow plastically in response to maternal effects and energetic early-life stress. Our results also reveal considerable heritability for all three body size measures in this study population.