The hotter the baby, the more sweat glands he will have in adulthood Bashny.Net

Programmable potlivost

All are born with about a number of sweat glands, but first they essentially do not operate. In the first few years of life, some of them began to function according to the temperature experienced by the child. The hotter the environment, the greater the number of glands starts. This process lasts for several years, and then a certain number of glands remains for life.

This process is called programming development - the ability of the body to change its phenotype - interaction of genotype and environment - to adapt to the environment. This is similar to the plasticity of development, only the changes as a result of the programming are final, while ductility allows you to change constantly.

Not only do people have such mechanisms of development. For example, meadow voles born in the autumn, a thicker coat than those born in spring. Thick wool - is the result of programming to help adapt and survive in the cold. This shows that "programming is rooted biological phenomenon, common in nature».

via factroom.ru