X and Y gene dosage effects are primary contributors to human sexual dimorphism: The case of height.

• Tác giả: Alexander S F Berry, Brenda M Finucane, David H Ledbetter, Christa L Martin, Scott M Myers, Matthew T Oetjens, Huntington F Willard
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 384.3 Computer communication
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 747788

Tóm tắt

Many human phenotypic traits vary between the sexes, including adult height for which males are, on average, 13 cm taller than females. The biological mechanisms for this sexual dimorphism are not entirely understood. One hypothesis to explain the sexual dimorphism in height relates to differential expression in males and females of