Why asians are short

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Very Short Introductions online. Publications Pages Publications Pages. Recently viewed 0 Save Search. Hsu Madeline Y. A friend of mine pointed out that this SNP exhibits different frequencies in different populations. The "short" allele, which tends to have an average effect of decreasing the expectation in height, is the derived form.

That is, it is a newer mutant in relation to the ancestral "tall" allele. Second, it seems that it is extant at a much higher frequency in East Asians than amongst Europeans and Africans. I won't repeat the evolutionary speculations I offered in my previous post, but it seems clear that small chunks of data such as this will be fertile seed for future conjecture and model building.

Register or Log In. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that the differences in BMD and BMAD between Asian and Caucasian subjects were largely attributable to differences in weight and pubertal stage, and, at the FN, in weight-bearing activity.

We conclude that observed differences in bone mineral between Asians and Caucasians may be partially attributed to the smaller bone size of Asians. Gov't, Non-P. Research Support, U.