The following teaser is from an article posted in the October 7, 2014 edition of bdnews24.com:
It’s no secret that if your dad is tall and your mother is tall, you are probably going to be tall. But fully understanding the genetics
Researchers on Sunday unveiled what they called the biggest such study to date, analysing genome data from more than a quarter million people to identify nearly 700 genetic variants and more than 400 genome regions relating to height.
How tall or short a person becomes is estimated to be 80 percent genetic, with nutrition and other environmental factors accounting for the rest. The world’s people on average have become taller over the past few generations because of factors including improved nutrition.
