Evidence for Maternal Inheritance of Female Height in a British National Sample

Analyses of the height variation in a large contemporary British sample found evidence for maternal inheritance of female height, because the mother-daughter correlation coefficient was significantly higher than the father-daughter value. Further evidence for a maternal effect came from the comparis...

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Published in:Human biology 1990-12, Vol.62 (6), p.767-772
Main Authors: BOLDSEN, JESPER L., MASCIE-TAYLOR, C.G.N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anatomy & physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Body height
Body Height - genetics
British
Correlation coefficients
Cytoplasmic inheritance
Daughters
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genetic aspects
Genetic inheritance
Genetic Linkage - genetics
Genetic Variation
Genetics
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
Genotype
Heredity, Human
Human
Human genetics
Human heredity
Humans
Inheritance patterns
Maternal effect
Medical genetics
Mother-daughter relations
Mothers
Mothers and daughters
Phenotype
Physiological aspects
Population genetics, reproduction patterns
Sex Factors
Statistical variance
Stature
United Kingdom
Women
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Summary:Analyses of the height variation in a large contemporary British sample found evidence for maternal inheritance of female height, because the mother-daughter correlation coefficient was significantly higher than the father-daughter value. Further evidence for a maternal effect came from the comparison of the daughter's stature with the difference in parental heights. The maternal effect was estimated to be 1%.
ISSN:0018-7143
1534-6617