A genome-wide association scan implicates DCHS2, RUNX2, GLI3, PAX1 and EDAR in human facial variation

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Adhikari, Kaustubh ^a   Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena ^a,b   Quinto Sánchez, Mirsha ^c   Mendoza Revilla, Javier ^a,d   Camilo Chacón Duque, Juan ^a   Acuña Alonzo, Victor ^a,e   Jaramillo, Claudia ^f   Arias, William ^f   Lozano, Rodrigo Barquera ^e,g   Pérez, Gastón Macín ^e,g   Gómez Valdés, Jorge ^h   Villamil Ramírez, Hugo ^g   Hunemeier, Tábita ⁱ   Ramallo, Virginia ^c,i   Silva De Cerqueira, Caio C ^c,i   Hurtado, Malena ^d   Villegas, Valeria ^d   Granja, Vanessa ^d   Gallo, Carla ^d   Poletti, Giovanni ^d   Schuler Faccini, Lavinia ⁱ   Salzano, Francisco M ⁱ   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^f   Canizales Quinteros, Samuel ^g   Cheeseman, Michael ^j,l   Rosique, Javier ^f   Bedoya, Gabriel ^b   Rothhammer, Francisco ^c   Headon, Denis ^a,k   González José, Rolando ^c   Balding, David ^a,k   Ruiz Linares, Andrés ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA GENÓMICA   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACHSOUS CADHERIN RELATED 2; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EDAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EDAR PROTEIN, HUMAN; EDAR PROTEIN, MOUSE; EDAR RECEPTOR; GLI3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RUNX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR GLI3;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMINID; LATINO PEOPLE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIN; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 7P; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FACIES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; YOUNG ADULT;

COLUMELLA; MUS;

ADULT; ANATOMIC VARIATION; ANIMALS; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; EDAR RECEPTOR; FACE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN GLI3;

EID: 84970949897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11616     Document Type: Article

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