Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height
J Yang, B Benyamin, BP McEvoy, S Gordon… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
… the heritability of height. Actually, we estimate the variance in height explained by the SNPs.
We show that these SNPs do explain over half the estimated heritability of height and that …
We show that these SNPs do explain over half the estimated heritability of height and that …
Heritability of adult body height: a comparative study of twin cohorts in eight countries
K Silventoinen, S Sammalisto, M Perola… - Twin Research and …, 2003 - cambridge.org
… Variation in the heritability estimates of body height was larger between our study … A previous
Finnish study has shown that the heritability of body height has decreased among women …
Finnish study has shown that the heritability of body height has decreased among women …
A commentary on 'common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height'by Yang et al.(2010)
… of missing heritability is expected if the mutations causing variation in height are similar to
… Our study is the first to show that at least half of the heritability for height (typically estimated …
… Our study is the first to show that at least half of the heritability for height (typically estimated …
Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index
… heritability for height and BMI. Our results suggest that heritability is likely between 0.6 and
0.7 for height … Therefore, there is little missing heritability for these traits. These results also …
0.7 for height … Therefore, there is little missing heritability for these traits. These results also …
Bias, precision and heritability of self-reported and clinically measured height in Australian twins
… heritability in many previous studies of stature. In our twin sample the heritability estimate for
clinical height … -report measures are required to recover heritability estimates similar to those …
clinical height … -report measures are required to recover heritability estimates similar to those …
The heritability fallacy
DS Moore, D Shenk - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… Consider height, which has a heritability that has oftentimes been measured at close to
90% in each of numerous different populations; despite this finding, height can be drastically …
90% in each of numerous different populations; despite this finding, height can be drastically …
Heritability of body height and educational attainment in an international context: Comparison of adult twins in Minnesota and Finland
K Silventoinen, RF Krueger… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… In conclusion, the heritability of body height is similar but there are major differences in
the relative effect of genetic and environmental factors on educational attainment between …
the relative effect of genetic and environmental factors on educational attainment between …
[PDF][PDF] Heritability of various morphological traits in wheat
AS Khan, I Salim, Z Ali - Int. J. Agric. Biol, 2003 - researchgate.net
… -sense heritability and genetic advance for plant height, number of … The broad-sense heritability
values for plant height and … %, respectively, while these heritability estimates ranged from …
values for plant height and … %, respectively, while these heritability estimates ranged from …
Estimates of heritability and the degree of dominance in corn
HF Robinson, RE Comstock, PH Harvey - 1949 - pubag.nal.usda.gov
… Heritability, which is the ratio of the additive genetic to the … Three distinct estimates of the
heritability of each character were … The heritabilities of plant height, ear height, husk extension, …
heritability of each character were … The heritabilities of plant height, ear height, husk extension, …
Missing heritability found for height
K Kuchenbaecker - 2022 - nature.com
… This confirms earlier predictions 9 that a large proportion of the human genome is
involved in shaping height. The heritability that can potentially be explained by all genetic …
involved in shaping height. The heritability that can potentially be explained by all genetic …