ey0020.3-16 | Advances in Growth, Bone Biology, and Mineral Metabolism | ESPEYB20
L Yengo
, S Vedantam
, E Marouli
, J Sidorenko
, E Bartell
, S Sakaue
, M Graff
, AU Eliasen
, Y Jiang
, S Raghavan
, J Miao
, JD Arias
, SE Graham
, RE Mukamel
, CN Spracklen
, X Yin
, SH Chen
, T Ferreira
, HH Highland
, Y Ji
, T Karaderi
, K Lin
, K Lull
, DE Malden
, C Medina-Gomez
, M …(See abstract for full author list) Machado
In Brief: This comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified over 20 000 loci associated with adult height. This groundbreaking research revealed that up to 21% of the human genome can be linked to variation in human height, providing a deeper understanding of the complex regulation of human height.Commentary: This one of the largest GWAS to date involving 5.4 million individuals. It discovered 12 111 independent SNPs associated with adul...