Showing posts with label heritable traits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heritable traits. Show all posts

Monday, 28 June 2010

Genes for Height Hiding in Plain Sight

Despite successes such as finding genes linked to Crohn's disease and age-related macular degeneration, gene miners have returned with slim pickings in most cases.

Even for highly heritable traits like height, gene hunters have dug up only a paltry 5% of responsible genes.

Source:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/06/genes-for-height-hiding-in-plain.html?etoc=&sms_ss=digg