Evidence for maternal inheritance of female height in a British national sample.
Analyses of the height variation in a large contemporary British sample found evidence for maternal inheritance of female height, because the mother-daughter correlation coefficient was significantly higher than the father-daughter value. Further evidence for a maternal effect came from the comparison of the daughter's stature with the difference in parental heights. The maternal effect was estimated to be 1%.
Boldsen
J L
JL
Institute of Community Health, University of Odense, Denmark.
Mascie-Taylor
C G
CG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D010641:Phenotype; D012737:Sex Factors; D006113:United Kingdom