"There's something about people identifying with little people, for various reasons," said the under-5-foot Getty, who sometimes referred to herself as "a miniature person". She said she also thought the difference in stature between her and Arthur set up a comic situation, since Sophia seemed always to be the one telling Dorothy to shut up.
There was a difference in stature between the black and white women (Table 1), with the black women being on average 10 cm shorter than the white women (P < 0.001) and weighing significantly less (P = 0.039).
Analyses taking into account differences in stature by dividing individual dimensions by height were also performed.
The influence of perenniality on mating system does not seem to be related to differences in stature, as proposed earlier, but rather to differences in generation time.
The 2008 presidential campaign brought reminders, though, of the gap in stature between Mr. Biden and Mrs. Clinton.
For the PLAG1, LYN and TGS1 genes, several studies have documented their association with stature in both cattle and human populations [ 32, 51– 54], thus, they may explain the differences in height between the breeds investigated in our study.
"I did a lot of bulking and I can feel the difference," Henin-Hardenne said when asked about their difference in stature.
Foreshortening exaggerated the difference in stature, but some observers chose to see rich symbolism in the image.
