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Genetic variants underlying differences in facial morphology in East Asian and European populations.
Nature genetics - 1 Apr 2022
Zhang Manfei, Wu Sijie, Du Siyuan, Qian Wei, Chen Jieyi, Qiao Lu, Yang Yajun, Tan Jingze, Yuan Ziyu, Peng Qianqian, Liu Yu, Navarro Nicolas, Tang Kun, Ruiz-Linares Andrés, Wang Jiucun, Claes Peter, Jin Li, Li Jiarui, Wang Sijia
Abstract excerpt
Facial morphology-a conspicuous feature of human appearance-is highly heritable. Previous studies on the genetic basis of facial morphology were performed mainly in European-ancestry cohorts (EUR). Applying a data-driven phenotyping and multivariate genome-wide scanning protocol to a large collection of three-dimensional facial images of individuals with East Asian ancestry (EAS), we identified 244 variants in...
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