Human pregnancy duration seems to be determined by uterine size and fetal growth rate: using maternal height as a proxy for uterine size, quasi-experiment shows that twins of short mothers are born earlier than twins of tall mothers.

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Human pregnancy duration seems to be determined by uterine size and fetal growth rate: using maternal height as a proxy for uterine size, quasi-experiment shows that twins of short mothers are born earlier than twins of tall mothers.