Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Multiple Loci Influencing Normal Human Facial Morphology

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Shaffer, John R ^a,b   Orlova, Ekaterina ^a,b   Lee, Myoung Keun ^b   Leslie, Elizabeth J ^b   Raffensperger, Zachary D ^b   Heike, Carrie L ^c   Cunningham, Michael L ^c   Hecht, Jacqueline T ^d   Kau, Chung How ^e   Nidey, Nichole L ^f   Moreno, Lina M ^g,h   Wehby, George L ^g   Murray, Jeffrey C ^f   Laurie, Cecelia A ⁱ   Laurie, Cathy C ⁱ   Cole, Joanne ^j   Ferrara, Tracey ^j   Santorico, Stephanie ^j,k   Klein, Ophir ^l,m   Mio, Washington ⁿ   Feingold, Eleanor ^a,b   Hallgrimsson, Benedikt ^o,p   Spritz, Richard A ^j,q   Marazita, Mary L ^a,b,r   Weinberg, Seth M ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^q University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALX3 GENE; ARTICLE; CACNA2D3 GENE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HDAC8 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAFB GENE; MALE; MIPOL1 GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAX1 GENE; PAX9 GENE; PRDM16 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CAUCASIAN; FACE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; META ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84984924942     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006149     Document Type: Article

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