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Genetic architecture of body size in mammals.

Genome biology - 1 Jan 2012

Kemper Kathryn E, Visscher Peter M, Goddard Michael E

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Much of the heritability for human stature is caused by mutations of small-to-medium effect. This is because detrimental pleiotropy restricts large-effect mutations to very low frequencies.

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PMID: 22546202
DOI: 10.1186/gb4016
PMCID: PMC3446298

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