Predicting skeletal stature using ancient DNA
S. L. Cox, H. Moots, J. T. Stock, A. Shbat, B. D. Bitarello, W. Haak, E. Rosenstock, C. B. Ruff, I. Mathieson
This paper uses polygenic scores to predict femur length in ancient individuals, finding they explain 6.8% of variance, with sex explaining 15% and environmental factors also contributing.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2021Evolutionary Biology