A genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci for variation in human ear morphology

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Adhikari, Kaustubh ^a   Reales, Guillermo ^a   Smith, Andrew J P ^a   Konka, Esra ^a   Palmen, Jutta ^a   Quinto Sanchez, Mirsha ^b   Acuña Alonzo, Victor ^a,c   Jaramillo, Claudia ^d   Arias, William ^d   Fuentes, MacArena ^e   Pizarro, María ^e   Barquera Lozano, Rodrigo ^c,f   MacÍn Pérez, Gastón ^c,f   Gómez Valdés, Jorge ^g   Villamil Ramírez, Hugo ^f   Hunemeier, Tábita ^h   Ramallo, Virginia ^b,h   Silva De Cerqueira, Caio C ^h   Hurtado, Malena ⁱ   Villegas, Valeria ⁱ   Granja, Vanessa ⁱ   Gallo, Carla ⁱ   Poletti, Giovanni ⁱ   Schuler Faccini, Lavinia ^h   Salzano, Francisco M ^h   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^h   Canizales Quinteros, Samuel ^f   Rothhammer, Francisco ^e   Bedoya, Gabriel ^d   Calderón, Rosario ^j   Rosique, Javier ^d   Cheeseman, Michael ^k   Bhutta, Mahmood F ^l,m   Humphries, Steve E ^a   Gonzalez José, Rolando ^b   Headon, Denis ^k   Balding, David ^a,n   Ruiz Linares, Andrés ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c National Institute of Anthropology and History   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA GENÓMICA   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDAR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; T BOX PROTEIN 15; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EDAR PROTEIN, HUMAN; EDAR PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TBX15 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABNORMALITY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; PROTEIN; SKIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BRAZIL; CHILE; COLOMBIA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MEXICO; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; PROMINENT EAR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN APPENDAGE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AURICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR CELL LINE; YOUNG ADULT;

LATIN AMERICA;

MUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EAR AURICLE; EDAR RECEPTOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933039617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8500     Document Type: Article

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