Recent research has identified more than 12,000 people. Genetic variants These factors help to determine an individual’s height.
Researchers at the University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have published their findings in Nature on Wednesday. Researchers Analyzed DNA More than 5,000,000 people participated in the largest genome-wide association study.
The study involved approximately 600 researchers. The team hopes that the research could lead to further research into other genetic traits and diseases.
Loic Yengo stated in a press release that genetic factors account for 88% of height differences. “The 12,000 variants found explained 40% of height differences. This means we have opened up the possibility that DNA can be used to predict height more accurately than any time before.”
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The study involved DNA samples taken from more than 5,000,000 people.
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Yengo said, “In smaller studies, the findings were scattered in the genome. But the large sample size of this study means that we have seen, for the first-time, height-associated variants cluster near genes involved with skeletal growth disorders.”
According to the researchers, their findings could help in diagnosing health problems in children or allowing police to identify an individual. Suspected of a crime Their DNA.
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The research team will continue to identify the genetic factors that influence height. Although the majority of the samples showed a bias toward European descent, more than 1 million people were of non-European ancestry.
“There is a growing number worldwide initiatives to collect diverse genetic data as it is vital to expand the benefits of genetic studies to all population,” Yengo explained.”These factors will be more difficult to find because each has a lesser effect. It is possible that we might need to collect at least 20,000,000 samples to complete this Herculean task.
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