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Re:Dutch went from shortest to tallest in Europe through sex... by jdmg94 on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:16AM (#22405357)
let me get this straight, so in order to make the increase from 165 to 190cm in a few generations, both parents have to already be tall? Because 165 is not tall and that already fucks up your premise
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Re:Dutch went from shortest to tallest in Europe through sex... by econcon on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:21AM (#22405394)
Yea, but if we've average 165, there will be some taller than 165 and some shorter than 165. We might as well have someone 190, we can use them to breed tall population.

And but how do you achieve that just using nutrition?

Effect of nutrition on height is overstated. Unless someone is malnutritioned, their height won't benefit much with better nutrition

We can even see this in cattles, if you start with a short cattle, no matter how much you feed it for generations, they'll still he shorter than one you can get from tall breed.

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