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Explain what is meant by the thrifty gene hypothesis(also known as the Barker's hypothesis or foetal programming) anddescribe the epigenetic processes involved in foetalprogramming.

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The thrifty gene hypothesis is a hypothesis proposed by ageneticist James V Neel for explaining the increased number ofdiabetes patients in modern society It also tried explaining theobesity as well It was found that the genes called thrifty genesthat promoted efficient fat deposition might have been advantageousto human populations who were agriculturalists andhuntergatherers Also the thrifty genotypes would help themsurvive during a time of food scarcity But    See Answer
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