Nature Communications (May 2016)

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

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11616
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Humans show great diversity in facial appearance and this variation is highly heritable. Here, Andres Ruiz-Linares and colleagues examined facial features in admixed Latin Americans and identify genome-wide associations for 14 facial traits, including four gene loci (RUNX2, GLI3, DCHS2 and PAX1) influencing nose morphology.