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Indemnity4 t1_ivqqk6g wrote

Cortisol is only one example of a potential stressor. We have no way to link that to any output.

A simpler example is nutrition. There is a famous study of pregnant mothers who were starving in 1944-45 (note: actually starving-to-death-starving, not just a little bit skinny). A pregnant person who is starving is more likely to produce babies that grow into short adults, plus those short adults also have short children (grandchild from the starving mother).

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