A scan for genetic determinants of human hair morphology: EDAR is associated with Asian hair thickness

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 835-843

  Fujimoto, Akihiro ^a   Kimura, Ryosuke ^c   Ohashi, Jun ^a   Omi, Kazuya ^a   Yuliwulandari, Rika ^a,d   Batubara, Lilian ^d   Mustofa, Mohammad Syamsul ^d   Samakkarn, Urai ^e   Settheetham ishida, Wannapa ^f   Ishida, Takafumi ^b   Morishita, Yasuyuki ^a   Furusawa, Takuro ^b   Nakazawa, Minato ^g   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^h   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d YARSI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e Rawai Health Centre   (Thailand)

^f KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTODYSPLASIN A; EDAR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR GROWTH; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THICKNESS;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDAR RECEPTOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HAIR; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 40549143078     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm355     Document Type: Article

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