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OK so, I come from quite a big family. My mother is 5 ft 8, my father is 6 ft 2, and my four brothers are between 6ft - 6ft 6, and what am I? Oh yeah that's right I'm 5 ft 3. I've tried walking around in heels, but it makes my feet hurt and I try to keep my head up, so I look taller, but then my neck starts to hurt. Why am I so unlucky in height?
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Dunno, dominant v recessive genes? I vaguely remember that 3:1 pretty much is the ratio such things are expressed, so you'll have got the crappy recessive genes :P (I may not understand genes 
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You've got the recessive gene!
H - means you will be tall. Both your parents are tall, therefore this is the dominant gene.
h - means you will be short. If you've got two of these that means you've got two recessive genes.
It's just random. Here's how it played out:
Brother 1 - Hh
Brother 2 - HH
Brother 3 - HH
Brother 4 - Hh
You - hh <--- resecssive gene
I think that's right!!
H - means you will be tall. Both your parents are tall, therefore this is the dominant gene.
h - means you will be short. If you've got two of these that means you've got two recessive genes.
It's just random. Here's how it played out:
Brother 1 - Hh
Brother 2 - HH
Brother 3 - HH
Brother 4 - Hh
You - hh <--- resecssive gene
I think that's right!!
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(Original post by StriderHort)
Dunno, dominant v recessive genes? I vaguely remember that 3:1 pretty much is the ratio such things are expressed, so you'll have got the crappy recessive genes :P (I may not understand genes )
Dunno, dominant v recessive genes? I vaguely remember that 3:1 pretty much is the ratio such things are expressed, so you'll have got the crappy recessive genes :P (I may not understand genes
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You've got the recessive gene!
H - means you will be tall. Both your parents are tall, therefore this is the dominant gene.
h - means you will be short. If you've got two of these that means you've got two recessive genes.
It's just random. Here's how it played out:
Brother 1 - Hh
Brother 2 - HH
Brother 3 - HH
Brother 4 - Hh
You - hh <--- resecssive gene
I think that's right!!
You've got the recessive gene!
H - means you will be tall. Both your parents are tall, therefore this is the dominant gene.
h - means you will be short. If you've got two of these that means you've got two recessive genes.
It's just random. Here's how it played out:
Brother 1 - Hh
Brother 2 - HH
Brother 3 - HH
Brother 4 - Hh
You - hh <--- resecssive gene
I think that's right!!
Height is controlled by Polygenic Inheritance and external factors. There are many genes for height so given both parents are tall it is unusual but not impossible that they still got the bad deal for some of the height genes.
Also if the diet hasn’t contained enough nutrition and protein the body will not have been able to grow as well, so will have remained short.
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Genetic variation. Your environment (what food you eat, etc) contributes to it too.
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ok im the youngest in my family my mum is short and my dad is tall, my older sister who is 18 is the same height as my mum however i got my dads height
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So I’m 4’7” at 22 my mom 6’4” my dad 6’10 my twin brother 6’9” my 16 year old sister 6’8”Someone please tell me what’s wrong with my height gene
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(Original post by K.I.M)
ok im the youngest in my family my mum is short and my dad is tall, my older sister who is 18 is the same height as my mum however i got my dads height
ok im the youngest in my family my mum is short and my dad is tall, my older sister who is 18 is the same height as my mum however i got my dads height
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OK so, I come from quite a big family. My mother is 5 ft 8, my father is 6 ft 2, and my four brothers are between 6ft - 6ft 6, and what am I? Oh yeah that's right I'm 5 ft 3. I've tried walking around in heels, but it makes my feet hurt and I try to keep my head up, so I look taller, but then my neck starts to hurt. Why am I so unlucky in height?
OK so, I come from quite a big family. My mother is 5 ft 8, my father is 6 ft 2, and my four brothers are between 6ft - 6ft 6, and what am I? Oh yeah that's right I'm 5 ft 3. I've tried walking around in heels, but it makes my feet hurt and I try to keep my head up, so I look taller, but then my neck starts to hurt. Why am I so unlucky in height?
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