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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35328-9