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Combining genome-wide association studies highlight novel loci involved in human facial variation

Authors :
Ziyi Xiong
Xingjian Gao
Yan Chen
Zhanying Feng
Siyu Pan
Haojie Lu
Andre G. Uitterlinden
Tamar Nijsten
Arfan Ikram
Fernando Rivadeneira
Mohsen Ghanbari
Yong Wang
Manfred Kayser
Fan Liu
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Combining multiple related traits can increase power in genetic association studies. Here, the authors develop a method to integrate GWAS statistics for multiple traits and apply it to find genetic loci affecting human facial variation.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0402de6f342c468887e64d813f16ea61
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35328-9