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... in response to Gigantism gene inherited by hundreds: Study
  1. Why is giantism research so limited?
    Angelina Angelina Australia says:
    April 27, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    Dear Dr Mandal, I have been looking all over the internet for information on the giantism gene because my grandfather died from giantism. All I can find is very limited research that all appears to link back to the same Irish guy. My grandfather died of giantism in the late 1970s, and he has absolutely no Irish ancestors. So there is obviously other cases of this giantism gene around the world, not linked to this Irish guy, that cannot be too hard to find?

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    • PK Bullis-Caballos on Gigantism gene inherited by hundreds: Study
      PK Bullis-Caballos PK Bullis-Caballos United States says:
      March 13, 2016 at 5:11 PM

      I have been doing a paper on this and I don't believe they are trying to say that they came from this Irish guy. There is no possible way that the gene could have only come from this man. I think what they are trying to say, in terms of genetics, is that the disorder characterized in this man was linked to a common gene, not that he IS the common ancestor, but that because this same gene links to every case, that gigantism stems from a common ancestor.

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