#  Media Coverage on 2017 eLife paper 

 





December 05, 2017

 

 

Media Coverage on Genetics of Height Variation: [Guo et al., 2017 Elife paper](https://elifesciences.org/articles/29329#digest)



 

 

 

  [### Harvard Study Identifies Genetic ‘Switches’ That Affect Height

 ](/news/2017/12/harvard-study-identifies-genetic-switches-affect-height) December 13, 2017 

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.



 

 

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   [### Study identifies hundreds of genetic ‘switches’ that affect height

 ](/news/2017/12/study-identifies-hundreds-genetic-switches-affect-height) December 07, 2017 

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...



 

 

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   [### How height happens: Hundreds of genetic 'switches' that affect height

 ](/news/2017/12/how-height-happens-hundreds-genetic-switches-affect-height) December 05, 2017 

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.



 

 

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