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Nearly 700 Genetic Factors Found To Influence Human Adult Height
damn_registrars writes: A consortium of scientists from many different countries reviewed genome-wide association study data sets of over 250,000 individuals in a search for genetic factors that influence adult height. Looking at Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, the researchers found 697 distinct genetic markers that can explain some 20 percent of the heritability of human adult height. Previous studies had found around 180 such markers, but the larger sample set increased the ability to detect these changes, both within genes and in non-coding regions. Genes found in this set included ones from pathways not previously connected to skeletal growth.
This study is also significant for the sample size, which allows it to address whether the data from such large sets has a tendency to converge or diverge on genetic pathways; this study particularly favors the latter, which is of great utility toward studying other polygenetic conditions in the future. The original paper is likely paywalled, however the abstract is available for free and some of the collaborators behind it have other bits available for free in the meantime.
This study is also significant for the sample size, which allows it to address whether the data from such large sets has a tendency to converge or diverge on genetic pathways; this study particularly favors the latter, which is of great utility toward studying other polygenetic conditions in the future. The original paper is likely paywalled, however the abstract is available for free and some of the collaborators behind it have other bits available for free in the meantime.
As a lay person, that a study involving 250,000 participants could explain only 20% of height heritability seems like a bad sign with respect to the pace at which we're likely unravel our own genetic code.
The other 80% is explained by eating your vegetables. Thanks mom.
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I wished I was shorter. Nobody like a tall tranny and no way am taking off ma heels!
I look forward to the day when humankind are ruled by our own Almighty Tallest.
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To be brutally honest, it's not surprising that yet another genome-wide association study has failed to explain even half of the heritability of a trait / disease / condition.
There's plenty of literature out there arguing whether these studies are a waste of money or not:
* http://blog.goldenhelix.com/?p...
* http://scienceblogs.com/geneti...
* http://gettinggeneticsdone.blo...
I would have been surprised if this study did find the majority of inherited variability in height.
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I am about 6' even and find I intimidate most men that I hook up with. I have an above average dong (length-wise, not girth-wise) and I am extremely talented at both athletics and academics. It's fucking simple.
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oxymoron: "a man under six feet tall"
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these fools keep messing with our food - which hasn't been tested over several years to guarantee it's safety.
I suspect almost every gene will have some sort of effect on height, however small. Development, metabolism, each of the senses and the effect they would have on preferred food, immune system and sickliness, etc.
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Six feet? Let's get serious here. Seven should be the absolute minimum acceptable.
Hopefully in the future mankind can weed "manlets" from the gene pool.
It would be interesting to genetically engineer someone to have all 697 of the variants that correlate with increased height.
Even women are often six feet tall nowadays, if you're a man under six feet tall you're pathetic.
Back when I was doing the online dating thing, I was surprised how many women stated right up front in their profile that they would only date men who were a least a couple inches taller than they were. And the most common reason was that they wanted to be able to wear high heals and look good together on the dance floor.
But short men with enough money to travel the world need not despair. Most of the women in Asia are well under six feet tall.
The significant thing to note here is that height is important. It wouldn't be studied otherwise. If you want to succeed in politics or upper management or any endeavor in which you are judged by others, you should be tall. Man or woman (but especially men), it makes no difference- you must be tall.
You may be a great scientist or programmer or advertising copywriter, but unless you are tall you won't get credit for your work. It will go to your boss who is tall and doesn't even understand what you do.
Exceptions include Hitler, Napoleon many comedians and malcontents and criminals... You have some in your family, you've seen them on TV. And why do short people act out? Because they feel the pressure that short people feel. They are never accepted, never quite good enough due to their stature. They overcompensate.
When we learn to judge others by their merit, rather than their sometimes obvious 'short'comings, we will prevent many overreactions that lead to crime and worse. Randy Newman was wrong- short people can be just as beneficial to society, just as worthy as tall people.
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A human standing upright is made up of a lot of parts stacked upon each other.
If you increase the size of any of the parts, the human's overall height increases.
For each part, there should be at least some individual genes.
From this thought, 700 seems like a pretty low number.
Where are all these tall women? 6ft is about 1.83m! As a >6ft Man, almost all the women (>95%) I meet are under 6ft, the majority are around 5ft, and quite a lot are smaller. So unless you spend all your time hanging around womens basketball teams, I call bs quite frankly.
Yes, humans are getting taller, but I don't think we are at the majority of women being >6ft, or anywhere near it.
Where are all these tall women? 6ft is about 1.83m! As a >6ft Man, almost all the women (>95%) I meet are under 6ft, the majority are around 5ft, and quite a lot are smaller. So unless you spend all your time hanging around womens basketball teams, I call bs quite frankly.
They are out there. I'm 6'3", my wife is an even 6'. While she did play basketball in high school (I never did) we met after college. I can tell you that from my experience, it is worth the wait to get a woman who is close to your height - a lot of things work better in the bedroom and generally in life as well.
That said, the distribution of height skews a little shorter for women than for men in general; my wife is further above the average height for a woman than I am for a man.
For some reason, in the US heightism is an issue. So are looks. All you need to do is watch american media (tv/movies/magazines) vs other countries' media. American personalities need to be above average in looks to be successful. Other countries' personalities, not so much,
Just imagine the outrage if it were half as common for men to state they won't date women with bust size less than X as it is for women to state they won't date men shorter than Y.
I'm 5'8", make six figures, quite attractive, no kids or baggage, and absolutely 0 debt, and this is my exact response to women who expect every guy to be 6' or taller. I also have a terrible way of hurting people with words, and they receive the brunt of it.
Even if you have money, their children would be genetic inferior. What's the use?
>No issues
>Attack/"hurt" women who say they'd rather not date you.
Wow, sounds like they're really missing out on a winner.