Most powerful gene variant for height known to date

ScienceDaily
May 13, 2020, 11:14 am122 pts
Newly discovered gene variant in Peruvian populations is powerfully linked with height. Five percent of Peruvians carry the variant, which originates exclusively from Native American populations. The variant occurs on a gene that, when mutated, causes Marfan syndrome, a condition marked by connective tissue…

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