Identification of five novel genetic loci related to facial morphology by genome-wide association studies

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Seongwon Cha · Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Ji Eun Lim · Kyung Hee University

Ah Yeon Park · Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Jun‐Hyeong Do · Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Si Woo Lee · Supreme Prosecutors Office of the Republic of Korea

Chol Shin · Korea University

Nam H. Cho

Abstract

We identified five novel face morphology loci that were associated with facial frontal contour, nose shape, and eye shape. Our findings provide useful genetic information for the determination of face morphology.

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Published in: BMC Genomics

Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 481-481

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4865-9

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Identification of five novel genetic loci related to facial morphology by genome-wide association studies

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