Re: Is breast shape and size hereditary

Date: Fri Apr 30 08:36:46 1999
Posted By: Kenneth Mitton, Post-doc/Fellow, Molecular Development Retina, Cataract, Dept Ophthalmology / U. Mich
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 924990475.Ge

Message:

YES.

All of a human's morphology and anatomical specifications are influenced by genetic makeup.

Some effects of the environment may add in, in the case of breast size for example, women who have breast fed babies tend to finnish with a larger sized breast than before motherhood.

Also breast size is affected by the health of the individual. Women who are overweight have more fat on their body increasing the breast size. Women who are underweight have less fat on their body decreasing the breast size.

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