GIANT study finds rare, but influential, genetic changes related to height
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 14:01
in Biology & Nature
In the largest, deepest search to date, scientists uncovered 83 new DNA changes that affect human height. These changes are uncommon or rare, but they have potent effects, with some of them adjusting height by more than 2 cm (almost 8/10 of an inch). The 700,000-plus-person study also found several genes pointing to previously unknown biological pathways involved in skeletal growth.