A positively selected FBN1 missense variant reduces height in Peruvian individuals.

Author(s): Asgari S, Luo Y, Akbari A, Belbin GM, Li X, Harris DN, Selig M, Bartell E, Calderon R, Slowikowski K, Contreras C, Yataco R, Galea JT, Jimenez J, Coit JM, Farroñay C, Nazarian RM, O'Connor TD, Dietz HC, Hirschhorn JN, Guio H, Lecca L, Kenny EE, Freeman EE, Murray MB, Raychaudhuri SJournal: NaturePMID: 32499652 May 2020
On average, Peruvian individuals are among the shortest in the world. Here we show that Native American ancestry is associated…