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Tall Story: New Research Adds To Growing Body Of Knowledge Of Ge...

ScienceDaily  Sat, 04/05/2008 - 23:00

Scientists are beginning to develop a clearer picture of what makes some people stand head and shoulders above the rest.

A team of researchers who last year identified the first common version of a gene influencing height has now identified a further twenty regions of the genome which together can make a height difference of up to 6cm.