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Genetic architecture of body size in mammals

Genome Biology
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-4-244
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Much of the heritability for human stature is caused by mutations of small-to-medium effect. This is because detrimental pleiotropy restricts large-effect mutations to very low frequencies. © 2012 BioMed Central Ltd.

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Kemper, K. E., Visscher, P. M., & Goddard, M. E. (2012, April 30). Genetic architecture of body size in mammals. Genome Biology. BioMed Central Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2012-13-4-244

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