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Nature Genetics 40, 489–490 (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/ng0508-489

Sizing up human height variation

Peter M Visscher

Human height is a classical quantitative trait. Genetic studies, pioneered by Francis Galton and Ronald Fisher more than 90 years ago, show a clear pattern of family resemblance, consistent with a polygenic additive model of inheritance.