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Measuring fitness heritability: Life history traits versus morphological traits in humans.

Alina Gavrus-IonTorstein SjøvoldMiguel HernándezRolando González-JoséMaría Esther Esteban TornéNeus Martínez-AbadíasMireia Esparza
Published in: American journal of physical anthropology (2017)
Our results demonstrate that, with the exception of lifespan, LHT show lower heritability values, than MT. The lower heritability of LHT is explained by a higher influence of environmental and cultural factors.
Keyphrases
  • genome wide
  • physical activity
  • body composition
  • human health
  • risk assessment
  • genome wide association