Tall or short, our height is largely inherited from our parents ... regions could also explain the differences in size between human beings: the activity of bone cells is indeed linked to the ...

Ever griped about your height? Figuring out its origins hasn't been any easier for geneticists who are turning to high-throughput, genome-wide association studies for clues. At first glance, the ...

However, their teeth, as well as their leg and pelvis bones, exhibit human-like characteristics. They ranged in height from three and a half feet to five feet and walked upright. Although similar ...

Mendel had meticulously recorded the results of cross-breeding pea plants, and found a very regular statistical pattern for features like height and ... to control human breeding so that people ...