Article
Evidence for maternal inheritance of female height in a British national sample.
Human biology - 1 Dec 1990
Boldsen J L, Mascie-Taylor C G
Abstract excerpt
Analyses of the height variation in a large contemporary British sample found evidence for maternal inheritance of female height, because the mother-daughter correlation coefficient was significantly higher than the father-daughter value. Further evidence for a maternal effect came from the comparison of the daughter's stature with the difference in parental heights. The maternal effect was estimated to be 1%.
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Body Height
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mothers
- Phenotype
- Sex Factors
- United Kingdom