TY - JOUR T1 - Modeling 3D Facial Shape from DNA A1 - Claes, Peter A1 - Liberton, Denise K. A1 - Daniels, Katleen A1 - Rosana, Kerri Matthes A1 - Quillen, Ellen E. A1 - Pearson, Laurel N. A1 - McEvoy, Brian A1 - Bauchet, Marc A1 - Zaidi, Arslan A. A1 - Yao, Wei A1 - Tang, Hua A1 - Barsh, Gregory S. A1 - Absher, Devin M. A1 - Puts, David A. A1 - Rocha, Jorge A1 - Beleza, Sandra A1 - Pereira, Rinaldo W. A1 - Baynam, Gareth A1 - Suetens, Paul A1 - Vandermeulen, Dirk A1 - Wagner, Jennifer K. A1 - Boster, James S. A1 - Shriver, Mark D. Y1 - 2014/03/20 N2 - Author Summary The face is perhaps the most inherently fascinating and aesthetic feature of the human body. It is a principle subject of art throughout human history and across cultures and populations. It provides the most significant means by which we communicate our emotions and intentions in addition to health, sex, and age. And yet features such as the strength of the brow ridge, the spacing between the eyes, the width of the nose, and the shape of the philtrum are largely scientifically unexplained. Here, we use a novel method to measure face shape in population samples with mixed West African and European ancestry from three locations (United States, Brazil, and Cape Verde). We show that facial variation with regard to sex, ancestry, and genes can be systematically studied with our methods, allowing us to lay the foundation for predictive modeling of faces. Such predictive modeling could be forensically useful; for example, DNA left at crime scenes could be tested and faces predicted in order to help to narrow the pool of potential suspects. Further, our methods could be used to predict the facial features of descendants, deceased ancestors, and even extinct human species. In addition, these methods could prove to be useful diagnostic tools. JF - PLOS Genetics JA - PLOS Genetics VL - 10 IS - 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004224 SP - e1004224 EP - PB - Public Library of Science M3 - doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004224 ER -