It is often said that people inherit their height from their parents. A new study has found that the normal variation in adult height is largely due to the same reason but at the same time, it states that those who are short often have mutations in single gene, resulting in a large effect on their height. 

The study, conducted by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, was carried out on 455 patients with short stature, and of them, 226 patients required detailed phenotyping and genetic testing for confirmation of etiology while 229 were identified on preliminary history/examination and investigations.

The study of 455 individuals, 10 months to 16 years of age, has been published in 'Indian Pediatrics'. All these individuals had height less than 3rd centile (only less than 3 out of 100 are shorter than this child).