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Common polymorphisms in WNT10A affect tooth morphology as well as hair shape.
Human molecular genetics - 1 May 2015
Kimura Ryosuke, Watanabe Chiaki, Kawaguchi Akira, Kim Yong-Il, Park Soo-Byung, Maki Koutaro, Ishida Hajime, Yamaguchi Tetsutaro
Abstract excerpt
Hair and teeth are appendages of ectodermal origin, and there are common molecular backgrounds involved in their formation. To date, it has been revealed that a non-synonymous polymorphism in EDAR has effects on the morphological variation in both hair and teeth. Previous association studies have...
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