Common SNPs explain a large proportion of the heritability for human height.

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Published in Nat Genet on June 20, 2010

Authors

Jian Yang1, Beben Benyamin, Brian P McEvoy, Scott Gordon, Anjali K Henders, Dale R Nyholt, Pamela A Madden, Andrew C Heath, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Michael E Goddard, Peter M Visscher

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1: Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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