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| Title |
Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans
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| Published in |
American Journal of Human Genetics, November 2009
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.009 |
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| Authors |
Sarah E. Medland, Dale R. Nyholt, Jodie N. Painter, Brian P. McEvoy, Allan F. McRae, Gu Zhu, Scott D. Gordon, Manuel A.R. Ferreira, Margaret J. Wright, Anjali K. Henders, Megan J. Campbell, David L. Duffy, Narelle K. Hansell, Stuart Macgregor, Wendy S. Slutske, Andrew C. Heath, Grant W. Montgomery, Nicholas G. Martin |
| Abstract |
Hair morphology is highly differentiated between populations and among people of European ancestry. Whereas hair morphology in East Asian populations has been studied extensively, relatively little is known about the genetics of this trait in Europeans. We performed a genome-wide association scan for hair morphology (straight, wavy, curly) in three Australian samples of European descent. All three samples showed evidence of association implicating the Trichohyalin gene (TCHH), which is expressed in the developing inner root sheath of the hair follicle, and explaining approximately 6% of variance (p=1.5x10(-31)). These variants are at their highest frequency in Northern Europeans, paralleling the distribution of the straight-hair EDAR variant in Asian populations. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
| Mexico | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 212 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 198 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 62 | 29% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 40 | 19% |
| Unknown | 32 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 75 | 35% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 36 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Psychology | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 28 | 13% |
| Unknown | 38 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 83. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 March 2024.
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