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- 40
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- 5
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- 489-490
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Peter M. Visscher
(2008).
Sizing up human height variation.
Nature Genetics
, 40
(5)
, 489-490.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0508-489
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- 10.1038/ng0508-489