How is a persons height determined.

Subject: How is a persons height determined.

Date: Tue Feb 1 18:25:46 2000
Posted by Chris Mitchell
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: Australia
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 949451146.Ge

Message:


The youngest female child of a large family is markedly shorter than the 
rest of the siblings and the parents. How has this come about? Would this 
petitness be passed on to the offspring of this woman if the father and 
fathers family were of average height.

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