A large Canadian cohort provides insights into the genetic architecture of human hair colour.
Communications Biology
Lona-Durazo, Frida F; Mendes, Marla M; Thakur, Rohit R; Funderburk, Karen K; Zhang, Tongwu T; Kovacs, Michael A MA; Choi, Jiyeon J; Brown, Kevin M KM; Parra, Esteban J EJ
Genetic ancestry, skin pigmentation, and the risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in Hispanic/Latino and non-Hispanic white populations.
Communications Biology
Jorgenson, Eric E; Choquet, Hélène H; Yin, Jie J; Hoffmann, Thomas J TJ; Banda, Yambazi Y; Kvale, Mark N MN; Risch, Neil N; Schaefer, Catherine C; Asgari, Maryam M MM
Exploring the possibility of predicting human head hair greying from DNA using whole-exome and targeted NGS data.
Bmc Genomics
Pośpiech, Ewelina E; Kukla-Bartoszek, Magdalena M; Karłowska-Pik, Joanna J; Zieliński, Piotr P; Woźniak, Anna A; Boroń, Michał M; Dąbrowski, Michał M; Zubańska, Magdalena M; Jarosz, Agata A; Grzybowski, Tomasz T; Płoski, Rafał R; Spólnicka, Magdalena M; Branicki, Wojciech W
Introducing the first whole genomes of nationals from the United Arab Emirates.
Scientific Reports
AlSafar, Habiba S HS; Al-Ali, Mariam M; Elbait, Gihan Daw GD; Al-Maini, Mustafa H MH; Ruta, Dymitr D; Peramo, Braulio B; Henschel, Andreas A; Tay, Guan K GK
Multitrait genome association analysis identifies new susceptibility genes for human anthropometric variation in the GCAT cohort.
Journal Of Medical Genetics
Galván-Femenía, Iván I; Obón-Santacana, Mireia M; Piñeyro, David D; Guindo-Martinez, Marta M; Duran, Xavier X; Carreras, Anna A; Pluvinet, Raquel R; Velasco, Juan J; Ramos, Laia L; Aussó, Susanna S; Mercader, J M JM; Puig, Lluis L; Perucho, Manuel M; Torrents, David D; Moreno, Victor V; Sumoy, Lauro L; de Cid, Rafael R
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability.
Nature Genetics
Hysi, Pirro G PG; Valdes, Ana M AM; Liu, Fan F; Furlotte, Nicholas A NA; Evans, David M DM; Bataille, Veronique V; Visconti, Alessia A; Hemani, Gibran G; McMahon, George G; Ring, Susan M SM; Smith, George Davey GD; Duffy, David L DL; Zhu, Gu G; Gordon, Scott D SD; Medland, Sarah E SE; Lin, Bochao D BD; Willemsen, Gonneke G; Jan Hottenga, Jouke J; Vuckovic, Dragana D; Girotto, Giorgia G; Gandin, Ilaria I; Sala, Cinzia C; Concas, Maria Pina MP; Brumat, Marco M; Gasparini, Paolo P; Toniolo, Daniela D; Cocca, Massimiliano M; Robino, Antonietta A; Yazar, Seyhan S; Hewitt, Alex W AW; Chen, Yan Y; Zeng, Changqing C; Uitterlinden, Andre G AG; Ikram, M Arfan MA; Hamer, Merel A MA; van Duijn, Cornelia M CM; Nijsten, Tamar T; Mackey, David A DA; Falchi, Mario M; Boomsma, Dorret I DI; Martin, Nicholas G NG; , ; Hinds, David A DA; Kayser, Manfred M; Spector, Timothy D TD
Genetic markers of pigmentation are novel risk loci for uveal melanoma.
Scientific Reports
Ferguson, Robert R; Vogelsang, Matjaz M; Ucisik-Akkaya, Esma E; Rai, Karan K; Pilarski, Robert R; Martinez, Carlos N CN; Rendleman, Justin J; Kazlow, Esther E; Nagdimov, Khagay K; Osman, Iman I; Klein, Robert J RJ; Davidorf, Frederick H FH; Cebulla, Colleen M CM; Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed H MH; Kirchhoff, Tomas T
Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans.
Nature
Lazaridis, Iosif I; Patterson, Nick N; Mittnik, Alissa A; Renaud, Gabriel G; Mallick, Swapan S; Kirsanow, Karola K; Sudmant, Peter H PH; Schraiber, Joshua G JG; Castellano, Sergi S; Lipson, Mark M; Berger, Bonnie B; Economou, Christos C; Bollongino, Ruth R; Fu, Qiaomei Q; Bos, Kirsten I KI; Nordenfelt, Susanne S; Li, Heng H; de Filippo, Cesare C; Prüfer, Kay K; Sawyer, Susanna S; Posth, Cosimo C; Haak, Wolfgang W; Hallgren, Fredrik F; Fornander, Elin E; Rohland, Nadin N; Delsate, Dominique D; Francken, Michael M; Guinet, Jean-Michel JM; Wahl, Joachim J; Ayodo, George G; Babiker, Hamza A HA; Bailliet, Graciela G; Balanovska, Elena E; Balanovsky, Oleg O; Barrantes, Ramiro R; Bedoya, Gabriel G; Ben-Ami, Haim H; Bene, Judit J; Berrada, Fouad F; Bravi, Claudio M CM; Brisighelli, Francesca F; Busby, George B J GB; Cali, Francesco F; Churnosov, Mikhail M; Cole, David E C DE; Corach, Daniel D; Damba, Larissa L; van Driem, George G; Dryomov, Stanislav S; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel JM; Fedorova, Sardana A SA; Gallego Romero, Irene I; Gubina, Marina M; Hammer, Michael M; Henn, Brenna M BM; Hervig, Tor T; Hodoglugil, Ugur U; Jha, Aashish R AR; Karachanak-Yankova, Sena S; Khusainova, Rita R; Khusnutdinova, Elza E; Kittles, Rick R; Kivisild, Toomas T; Klitz, William W; Kučinskas, Vaidutis V; Kushniarevich, Alena A; Laredj, Leila L; Litvinov, Sergey S; Loukidis, Theologos T; Mahley, Robert W RW; Melegh, Béla B; Metspalu, Ene E; Molina, Julio J; Mountain, Joanna J; Näkkäläjärvi, Klemetti K; Nesheva, Desislava D; Nyambo, Thomas T; Osipova, Ludmila L; Parik, Jüri J; Platonov, Fedor F; Posukh, Olga O; Romano, Valentino V; Rothhammer, Francisco F; Rudan, Igor I; Ruizbakiev, Ruslan R; Sahakyan, Hovhannes H; Sajantila, Antti A; Salas, Antonio A; Starikovskaya, Elena B EB; Tarekegn, Ayele A; Toncheva, Draga D; Turdikulova, Shahlo S; Uktveryte, Ingrida I; Utevska, Olga O; Vasquez, René R; Villena, Mercedes M; Voevoda, Mikhail M; Winkler, Cheryl A CA; Yepiskoposyan, Levon L; Zalloua, Pierre P; Zemunik, Tatijana T; Cooper, Alan A; Capelli, Cristian C; Thomas, Mark G MG; Ruiz-Linares, Andres A; Tishkoff, Sarah A SA; Singh, Lalji L; Thangaraj, Kumarasamy K; Villems, Richard R; Comas, David D; Sukernik, Rem R; Metspalu, Mait M; Meyer, Matthias M; Eichler, Evan E EE; Burger, Joachim J; Slatkin, Montgomery M; Pääbo, Svante S; Kelso, Janet J; Reich, David D; Krause, Johannes J
Genome-wide association studies of quantitatively measured skin, hair, and eye pigmentation in four European populations.
Plos One
Candille, Sophie I SI; Absher, Devin M DM; Beleza, Sandra S; Bauchet, Marc M; McEvoy, Brian B; Garrison, Nanibaa' A NA; Li, Jun Z JZ; Myers, Richard M RM; Barsh, Gregory S GS; Tang, Hua H; Shriver, Mark D MD
A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) multiplex system: the association of five SNPs with human eye and hair color in the Slovenian population and comparison using a Bayesian network and logistic regression model.
A global view of the OCA2-HERC2 region and pigmentation.
Human Genetics
Donnelly, Michael P MP; Paschou, Peristera P; Grigorenko, Elena E; Gurwitz, David D; Barta, Csaba C; Lu, Ru-Band RB; Zhukova, Olga V OV; Kim, Jong-Jin JJ; Siniscalco, Marcello M; New, Maria M; Li, Hui H; Kajuna, Sylvester L B SL; Manolopoulos, Vangelis G VG; Speed, William C WC; Pakstis, Andrew J AJ; Kidd, Judith R JR; Kidd, Kenneth K KK
Adaptations to climate-mediated selective pressures in humans.
Plos Genetics
Hancock, Angela M AM; Witonsky, David B DB; Alkorta-Aranburu, Gorka G; Beall, Cynthia M CM; Gebremedhin, Amha A; Sukernik, Rem R; Utermann, Gerd G; Pritchard, Jonathan K JK; Coop, Graham G; Di Rienzo, Anna A
Genetic differences between five European populations.
Human Heredity
Moskvina, Valentina V; Smith, Michael M; Ivanov, Dobril D; Blackwood, Douglas D; StClair, David D; Hultman, Christina C; Toncheva, Draga D; Gill, Michael M; Corvin, Aiden A; O'Dushlaine, Colm C; Morris, Derek W DW; Wray, Naomi R NR; Sullivan, Patrick P; Pato, Carlos C; Pato, Michele T MT; Sklar, Pamela P; Purcell, Shaun S; Holmans, Peter P; O'Donovan, Michael C MC; Owen, Michael J MJ; Kirov, George G; ,
Web-based, participant-driven studies yield novel genetic associations for common traits.
Plos Genetics
Eriksson, Nicholas N; Macpherson, J Michael JM; Tung, Joyce Y JY; Hon, Lawrence S LS; Naughton, Brian B; Saxonov, Serge S; Avey, Linda L; Wojcicki, Anne A; Pe'er, Itsik I; Mountain, Joanna J
A genome-wide association study identifies novel alleles associated with hair color and skin pigmentation.
Plos Genetics
Han, Jiali J; Kraft, Peter P; Nan, Hongmei H; Guo, Qun Q; Chen, Constance C; Qureshi, Abrar A; Hankinson, Susan E SE; Hu, Frank B FB; Duffy, David L DL; Zhao, Zhen Zhen ZZ; Martin, Nicholas G NG; Montgomery, Grant W GW; Hayward, Nicholas K NK; Thomas, Gilles G; Hoover, Robert N RN; Chanock, Stephen S; Hunter, David J DJ
A single SNP in an evolutionary conserved region within intron 86 of the HERC2 gene determines human blue-brown eye color.
American Journal Of Human Genetics
Sturm, Richard A RA; Duffy, David L DL; Zhao, Zhen Zhen ZZ; Leite, Fabio P N FP; Stark, Mitchell S MS; Hayward, Nicholas K NK; Martin, Nicholas G NG; Montgomery, Grant W GW
Three genome-wide association studies and a linkage analysis identify HERC2 as a human iris color gene.
American Journal Of Human Genetics
Kayser, Manfred M; Liu, Fan F; Janssens, A Cecile J W AC; Rivadeneira, Fernando F; Lao, Oscar O; van Duijn, Kate K; Vermeulen, Mark M; Arp, Pascal P; Jhamai, Mila M MM; van Ijcken, Wilfred F J WF; den Dunnen, Johan T JT; Heath, Simon S; Zelenika, Diana D; Despriet, Dominiek D G DD; Klaver, Caroline C W CC; Vingerling, Johannes R JR; de Jong, Paulus T V M PT; Hofman, Albert A; Aulchenko, Yurii S YS; Uitterlinden, Andre G AG; Oostra, Ben A BA; van Duijn, Cornelia M CM