QTL controls suseptibility to spinal curvature

[aterry]

This link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/12/16/abstract
is to an abstract that I found interesting.
OK, OK, I know it's just a guppy. But the abstract holds somehope for research into human genetic predisposition down the line.

[Dingo]

Heritable spinal curvature among otherwise healthy children (i.e. Idiopathic Scoliosis and Scheuermann kyphosis) accounts for more than 80% of all spinal curvatures and imposes a substantial healthcare cost through bracing, hospitalizations, surgery, and chronic back pain.

Heritable?

I'd love to interview the scientist who wrote that. I'm confident I could bring him back to earth. Scoliosis is idiopathic. The cause is unknown.