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Genetic and environmental influences on human height from infancy through adulthood at different levels of parental education
(Nature, 2020-05-14)
Genetic factors explain a major proportion of human height variation, but differences in mean stature have also been found between socio-economic categories suggesting a possible effect of environment. By utilizing a ...
Associations Between Birth Size and Later Height From Infancy Through Adulthood: an Individual Based Pooled Analysis of 28 Twin Cohorts Participating in the Codatwins Project
(Elsevier Ireland, 2018-05)
Background: There is evidence that birth size is positively associated with height in later life, but it remains unclear whether this is explained by genetic factors or the intrauterine environment.
Aim: To analyze the ...