A scan for genetic determinants of human hair morphology: EDAR is associated with Asian hair thickness - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2008 Mar 15;17(6):835-43.

doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddm355. Epub 2007 Dec 8.

Ryosuke Kimura, Jun Ohashi, Kazuya Omi, Rika Yuliwulandari, Lilian Batubara, Mohammad Syamsul Mustofa, Urai Samakkarn, Wannapa Settheetham-Ishida, Takafumi Ishida, Yasuyuki Morishita, Takuro Furusawa, Minato Nakazawa, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Katsushi Tokunaga

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A scan for genetic determinants of human hair morphology: EDAR is associated with Asian hair thickness

Akihiro Fujimoto et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2008.

Abstract

Hair morphology is one of the most differentiated traits among human populations. However, genetic backgrounds of hair morphological differences among populations have not been clarified yet. In addition, little is known about the evolutionary forces that have acted on hair morphology. To identify hair morphology-determining genes, the levels of local genetic differentiation in 170 genes that are related to hair morphogenesis were evaluated by using data from the International HapMap project. Among highly differentiated genes, ectodysplasin A receptor (EDAR) harboring an Asian-specific non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (1540T/C, 370Val/Ala) was identified as a strong candidate. Association studies between genotypes and hair morphology revealed that the Asian-specific 1540C allele is associated with increase in hair thickness. Reporter gene assays suggested that 1540T/C affects the activity of the downstream transcription factor NF-kappaB. It was inferred from geographic distribution of 1540T/C and the long-range haplotype test that 1540C arose after the divergence of Asians from Europeans and its frequency has rapidly increased in East Asian populations. These findings lead us to conclude that EDAR is a major genetic determinant of Asian hair thickness and the 1540C allele spread through Asian populations due to recent positive selection.

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