Human Height Genes
Polygenic human trait
An international group of hundreds of researchers who had previously been competing in genetic research have combined their efforts to look at how human height is controlled by "hundreds" of genes. In the article, Scientists stack up new genes for height
"While we haven’t explained all of the heritability of height with this study, we have confidence that these genes play a role in height and now can begin to learn about the pathways in which these genes play a role.” says coauthor in the study, Karen Mohlke, associate professor of genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). [1]
This could be used as the second example of a polygenic trait in Polygenic traits HL.
Footnotes
- 1. Lang, Les. "Scientists stack up new genes for height — UNC School of Medicine." UNC School of Medicine News — UNC School of Medicine. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2010. .