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A replication study confirmed the EDAR gene to be a major contributor to population differentiation regarding head hair thickness in Asia.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 2008
Fujimoto Akihiro, Ohashi Jun, Nishida Nao, Miyagawa Taku, Morishita Yasuyuki, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, Kimura Ryosuke, Tokunaga Katsushi
Abstract excerpt
Hair morphology is a highly divergent phenotype among human populations. We recently reported that a nonsynonymous SNP in the ectodysplasin A receptor (EDAR 1540T/C) is associated with head hair fiber thickness in an ethnic group in Thailand (Thai-Mai) and an Indonesian population. However, these Southeast Asian populations are genetically and geographically close, and thus the genetic contribution of EDAR to...
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