Fig. 1 | Journal of Human Genetics

Fig. 1

From: Why are men taller than women?: Genetic and hormonal factors involved in sex differences in human height

Fig. 1

Factors implicated in the sex difference in height. Berry et al. estimated the contribution of sex hormones and sex chromosomes to sexual dimorphism in height from population-based cohort data [7]. The authors assumed that SHOX accounts for a certain proportion of the sex chromosome effect. Ogata et al. estimated the effect size of sex hormones and sex chromosomes from the clinical data of patients with disorders of sex development (DSD) [9]

Back to article page