Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

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RT @doctorveera: Note the highest peak is at ACAN locus that has the largest effect size of all. Because it's tagging a VNTR. This is one o…

Note the highest peak is at ACAN locus that has the largest effect size of all. Because it's tagging a VNTR. This is one of my favorite stories that I'll be never get tired of repeating. https://t.co/0GGRc2A6bj

The same concept applied to a height GWAS illustrating that it's not possible to guess effect sizes based on a Manhattan plot. https://t.co/0GGRc2RHzT

I am suprised that neither in the Europeans GWAS (https://t.co/5JjeNFQ1vR) nor in the current Africans GWAS, the authors cared about which locus shows the largest effect size and if it informs anything about the biology of height. 🤷‍♂️

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