Standing over Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey, Andrew Feinberg had a realization.
Scientists search for the still unknown heritable components that account for much of human diversity in traits and disease susceptibility. Photos: W. Goldswain/ShutterstockADDING UP Most variation in human height is genetic, but studies looking at common changes in DNA have failed to account for a huge portion.
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