Strongest Evidence Yet That Pygmies' Short Stature Is Genetic (National Geographic, 18 August 2014)

19 Aug 2014


Evolutionary biologists from Montreal have shown for the first time that the genetic basis of short stature in humans is related to variations in genes encoding growth hormone receptors; their study was published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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