The overarching hypothesis of the present paper is that ethnically and/or genetically diverse human populations may exhibit similarity in correlations between various aspects of human phenotypes due to the morphological integration process during the ontogenetic stages. To test this we investigated whether an association between craniofacial (CF) features and body composition (BC) variations is present in humans and the extent to which such possible associations are comparable in different populations. Furthermore, the paper examines the contribution of common genetic (additive) and shared familial environmental factors in assessing the correlation between CF and BC characteristics in humans.

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颅面形态和身体成分是否与共同基因相关：两个不同种族人群的比较分析

本论文的首要假设是，由于个体发育阶段的形态整合过程，种族和/或遗传多样性的人群可能在人类表型的各个方面之间的相关性方面表现出相似性。为了测试这一点，我们调查了人类是否存在颅面 (CF) 特征和身体成分 (BC) 变化之间的关联，以及这种可能关联在不同人群中的可比程度。此外，该论文检查了共同遗传（加性）和共享的家族环境因素在评估人类 CF 和 BC 特征之间的相关性方面的贡献。