Genetic regulation of adult stature.

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Both environmental (e.g., nutrition) and genetic factors contribute to adult height variation in the general population. However, heritability studies have shown that most of the variation in height is genetically controlled. Although height, a classic polygenic trait, has been studied for more than 100 years, the genetic factors that influence its variation remained, prior to 2007, unknown....

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