A few years ago, I proposed the "lego-block" model of genetic variation. The main idea of this model is that the search for gene...

This is a quite interesting paper, as it shows, by sampling a large number of individuals), that the heritability of height is not missing a...

On the left facial composites of younger/older (left/right) monozygotic/dizygotic twins (top/bottom). PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.000...

Hum Biol. 2008 Dec;80(6):637-54. Contribution of genetics and environment to craniofacial anthropometric phenotypes in Belgian nuclear fam...

Until now, the hunt for the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders didn't go very well. Three new papers in Nature make some progres...

What this study has found is that predicting a person's height from that of his parents is much more accurate than predicting it from al...

J Anat. 2009 Jan;214(1):19-35. Heritability of human cranial dimensions: comparing the evolvability of different cranial regions. Martí...

Coverage elsewhere: Epigenetics reveals unexpected, and some identical, results Inherited traits may explain differences in 'identical...

A good explanation from BBC News : Newcastle University researchers found men were more likely to have sons if they had more brothers and vi...

Nature has a very interesting high level survey of the problem of the "hidden heritability". While many traits such as height, aut...