A study on genetic basis for differences in human hair morphology

2014/15/D/NZ8/00282

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ8_13: Biologia i ekologia człowieka
  • NZ2_1: Genetyka molekularna

Panel

NZ8 – Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

Voivodeship: małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr Ewelina Pośpiech

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call

SONATA 8 – announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded
452 200 PLN
Project start date
2015-08-03
Project end date
2018-04-02
Project duration
32 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Przenośny komputer z systemem operacyjnym. Cost: 5 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (3)

  1. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 8 novel loci involved in shape variation of human head hair

    Authors:
    Fan Liu, Yan Chen, Gu Zhu, Pirro G. Hysi, Sijie Wu, Kaustubh Adhikari, Krystal Breslin, Ewelina Pośpiech, Merel A. Hamer, Fuduan Peng, Charanya Muralidharan, Victor Acuna-Alonzo, Samuel Canizales-Quinteros, Gabriel Bedoya, Carla Gallo, Giovanni Poletti, Francisco Rothhammer, Maria Catira Bortolini, Rolando Gonzalez-Jose, Changqing Zeng, Shuhua Xu, Li Jin, Andre´ G. Uitterlinden, M. Arfan Ikram, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Tamar Nijsten, Susan Walsh, Wojciech Branicki, Sijia Wang, Andre´s Ruiz-Linares, Timothy D. Spector, Nicholas G. Martin, Sarah E. Medland, Manfred Kayser
    Academic press:
    Human Molecular Genetics (year: 2018, volume: 27, pages: 559-575), Publisher: Oxford Academic
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/hmg/ddx416 – link to the publication
  2. Variation in the RPTN gene may facilitate straight hair formation in Europeans and East Asians

    Authors:
    Ewelina Pośpiech, Soong Deok Lee, Magdalena Kukla-Bartoszek, Joanna Karłowska-Pik, Anna Woźniak, Michał Boroń, Magdalena Zubańska, Agnieszka Bronikowska, Sae Rom Hong, Ji Hyun Lee, Anna Wojas-Pelc, Hwan Young Lee, Magdalena Spólnicka, Wojciech Branicki
    Academic press:
    Journal of Dermatological Science (year: 2018, volume: 91, pages: 331-334), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jdermsci.2018.06.003 – link to the publication
  3. Towards broadening Forensic DNA Phenotyping beyond pigmentation: Improving the prediction of head hair shape from DNA

    Authors:
    Ewelina Pośpiech, Yan Chen, Magdalena Kukla-Bartoszek, Krystal Breslin, Anastasia Aliferi, Jeppe D. Andersen, David Ballard, Lakshmi Chaitanya, Ana Freire-Aradas, Kristiaan J. van der Gaag, Theresa E. Gross, Mario Gysi, Gabriela Huber, Ana Mosquera-Miguel, Lorena Girón-Santamaría, Małgorzata Skowron, Ángel Carracedo, Cordula Haas, Niels Morling, Walther Parson, Christopher Phillips, Peter M. Schneider, Titia Sijen, Denise Syndercombe-Court, Marielle Vennemann, Sijie Wu, Shuhua Xu, Li Jin, Sijia Wang, Ghu Zhu, Nick G. Martin, Sarah E. Medland, EUROFORGEN_NoE Consortium, Wojciech Branicki, Susan Walsh, Fan Liu, Manfred Kayser
    Academic press:
    Forensic Science International: Genetics (year: 2018, volume: 37, pages: 241-251), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.08.017 – link to the publication

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