Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Genomic analysis of male puberty timing highlights shared genetic basis with hair colour and lifespan

  • Ben Hollis,
  • Felix R. Day,
  • Alexander S. Busch,
  • Deborah J. Thompson,
  • Ana Luiza G. Soares,
  • Paul R. H. J. Timmers,
  • Alex Kwong,
  • Doug F. Easton,
  • Peter K. Joshi,
  • Nicholas J. Timpson,
  • The PRACTICAL Consortium,
  • 23andMe Research Team,
  • Ken K. Ong,
  • John R. B. Perry

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14451-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Age at voice-breaking is used to determine puberty timing in men, recall of which is considered less accurate than age at first menarche in women. Here, the authors perform multi-trait GWAS for male puberty timing by including both age at voice breaking and age of first facial hair for improved phenotype definition and power.