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The Relation between Stature and Parental Birth Place

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Lars Beckman*
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Genetics, Uppsala, Sweden

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The relation between stature and parental birth-place was studied in samples of Swedish conscripts from three different geographical areas. In North Sweden conscripts with both parents born in the same parish have a significantly lower average stature than conscripts with parents born in different parishes. In Central Sweden the reversed picture was found and in South Sweden no significant difference was found.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1962

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