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Common variants in the trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2009
Medland Sarah E, Nyholt Dale R, Painter Jodie N, McEvoy Brian P, McRae Allan F, Zhu Gu, Gordon Scott D, Ferreira Manuel A R, Wright Margaret J, Henders Anjali K, Campbell Megan J, Duffy David L, Hansell Narelle K, Macgregor Stuart, Slutske Wendy S, Heath Andrew C, Montgomery Grant W, Martin Nicholas G
Abstract excerpt
Hair morphology is highly differentiated between populations and among people of European ancestry. Whereas hair morphology in East Asian populations has been studied extensively, relatively little is known about the genetics of this trait in Europeans. We performed a genome-wide association scan for hair morphology (straight, wavy, curly) in three Australian samples of European descent. All three samples showed...
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