Coverage on 2017 Elife paper

The network of factors behind height is becoming clearer, thanks to the work of Harvard scientists. Led by Associate Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology Terence D. Capellini, a team of researchers discovered hundreds of genetic “switches” that...

Hundreds of genetic 'switches' have been discovered that have an influence on height and performed functional tests that demonstrated precisely how one such switch alters the function of a key gene involved in height differences.

After working with hundreds of genetic “switches” that influence height, Associate Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology Terence D. Capellini and his colleagues found one that altered the key gene in height differences.