And what you said about gene activation skipping generations is quite true- it can indeed happen, and if the gene responsible for height is not expressed in the parents but is in their offspring then it will also be more likely for the child to grow taller than their parent. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
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Viewed 88k times. Improve this question. Have you read it somewhere? I am taller than both of my parents. Phenotypic variance is the addition of the enviornmental variance and the genetic variance and their covariance. In other words, the environment, not only the genes influence someone's height.
This is one reason that may explain why an offsrping may be taller that their parents. Which would mean that eventually all humans would be the same height? Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer.
Kids only get some of the genes from each of their parents, and parents don't give the same bunch of their genes to each kid. If you have brothers and sisters, you know this is true. Brothers and sisters can look very different even though you have the same parents.
Even identical twins can end up being different heights! You're too short to ride the rides you want to ride at an amusement park. This one is upsetting. You're all ready to board the super-fast roller coaster and the ride operator says you're too small.
Sometimes, you will be allowed to ride with an adult, so try to have one handy. You still have to use a booster seat in the car. Though you haven't used a car seat for a long time, older kids are supposed to use a booster seat until they are 4-feetinches tall. The seats are meant to position the seat belt properly in case of a crash. If your friends don't have to use one and you do, you might feel funny about it.
On the plus side, sitting higher makes it easier to see and might help if you get carsick and need to keep looking out the window. You're a girl who's taller than the boys. This can make a girl feel awkward, especially when it comes time to be paired up, like at a school dance.
Eventually, this evens out, but it takes a little while because many girls have their growth spurts before the boys do. Someone teases you about being too tall or too short. This kind of teasing is the worst. You can't change your height, so what are you supposed to do? As with most teasing, try not to let it bother you. Tell a teacher, parent, or another adult if it's bothering you and the person won't stop. If you are still worried about your height, talk to your parents and your doctor.
Most kids don't have a growth problem that needs help from a doctor, but it's always OK to ask if you're concerned. So for most kids, it seems like there's not much to do but wait to see how it all turns out. But you can do something right now: Eat healthy and take care of yourself. If you get the nutrition, sleep, and exercise you need, you're likely to reach your maximum potential height. In other words, you'll grow as tall as you were meant to grow.
She cites a gradual trend toward puberty starting a few months earlier, causing children to start their growth spurt earlier. They noticed the shift when looking at a couple of family photos taken two months apart, when Tom was In the first, Tom appears about 2 inches shorter than his 5-foot-9 dad.
By the time the second photo was taken, Tom had clearly bypassed Eric. Tom is now 20 and stands 6 foot 2. At 4 foot 11, Ms. Sorenson has been looking up at him since he was Some parents feel overpowered; Dr. Vona suggests continuing to set and enforce limits. Worley, a Boston attorney. At 5 foot 8, Ms. Worley, who is 5-foot Batt, now 21, says she still loves to tease her mother and sometimes rests her arm on the top of her head.
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