Genome-wide association studies of complex physiological traits and diseases consistently
found that associated genetic factors, such as allelic polymorphisms or DNA mutations, only …

Gene–environment interplay is a general term that covers several divergent concepts with
different meanings and different implications. In this review, we evaluate research evidence …

Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We
reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 …

Natural disasters do not affect people equally. In fact, a vulnerability approach to disasters
would suggest that inequalities in exposure and sensitivity to risk as well as inequalities in …

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness
as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most …

Myopia is of diverse aetiology. A small proportion of myopia is clearly familial, generally
early in onset and of high level, with defined chromosomal localisations and in some cases …

Adult height is a model polygenic trait, but there has been limited success in identifying the
genes underlying its normal variation. To identify genetic variants influencing adult human …

▪ Abstract The conceptual and methodological issues involved in the study of gene-
environment correlations (rGE) and interactions (GxE) are discussed in historical context …

Human height is a classic, highly heritable quantitative trait. To begin to identify genetic
variants influencing height, we examined genome-wide association data from 4,921 …

Associations between height and cancer risk have been reported in a number of prospective
studies (1, 2). Taller individuals appear to be at increased risk. Furthermore, ecologic …