A replication study confirmed the EDAR gene to be a major contributor to population differentiation regarding head hair thickness in Asia

Human Genetics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Fujimoto, Akihiro ^a,b   Ohashi, Jun ^b,c   Nishida, Nao ^b   Miyagawa, Taku ^b   Morishita, Yasuyuki ^b   Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko ^a   Kimura, Ryosuke ^d   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDAR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDONESIA; JAPANESE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THAILAND; THICKNESS;

ADULT; ASIA; EDAR RECEPTOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAIR; HEAD; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 50649098835     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0537-1     Document Type: Article

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