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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Claes P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3961191 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PLoS genetics 20140320 3
Human facial diversity is substantial, complex, and largely scientifically unexplained. We used spatially dense quasi-landmarks to measure face shape in population samples with mixed West African and European ancestry from three locations (United States, Brazil, and Cape Verde). Using bootstrapped response-based imputation modeling (BRIM), we uncover the relationships between facial variation and the effects of sex, genomic ancestry, and a subset of craniofacial candidate genes. The facial effec ...[more]