Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

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Nature, 2010, vol. 467, issue 7317, 832-838

Abstract: The genetics of human height A genome-wide association (GWA) study of more than 180,000 individuals has identified hundreds of genetic variants in at least 180 loci associated with adult human height. The loci are not clustered randomly but are enriched for genes involved in growth-related processes that influence adult height. This demonstrates that GWA studies of common human traits, and therefore of many diseases, can identify large numbers of loci that implicate potential causal genes.

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