Genomewide Association Study of African Children Identifies Association of SCHIP1 and PDE8A with Facial Size and Shape

Joanne B. Cole; Mange Manyama; Emmanuel Kimwaga; Joshua Mathayo; Jacinda R. Larson; Denise K. Liberton; Ken Lukowiak; Tracey M. Ferrara; Sheri L. Riccardi; Mao Li; Washington Mio; Michaela Prochazkova; Trevor Williams; Hong Li; Kenneth L. Jones; Ophir D. Klein; Stephanie A. Santorico; Benedikt Hallgrimsson; Richard A. Spritz

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006174

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Genomewide Association Study of African Children Identifies Association of SCHIP1 and PDE8A with Facial Size and Shape

Joanne B. Cole,

Affiliation Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Mange Manyama,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Emmanuel Kimwaga,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Joshua Mathayo,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Jacinda R. Larson,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Denise K. Liberton,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Ken Lukowiak,

Affiliation Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Tracey M. Ferrara,

Affiliation Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-1022

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Sheri L. Riccardi,

Affiliation Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Mao Li,

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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Washington Mio,

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1106-8089

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Michaela Prochazkova,

Affiliations Laboratory of Transgenic Models of Diseases, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3773-8995

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Trevor Williams,

Affiliation Department of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Hong Li,

Affiliation Department of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Kenneth L. Jones,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Ophir D. Klein,

Affiliation Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Stephanie A. Santorico,

Affiliations Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Science, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics & Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Benedikt Hallgrimsson,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Richard A. Spritz

* E-mail: richard.spritz@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Human Medical Genetics and Genomics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
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Genomewide Association Study of African Children Identifies Association of SCHIP1 and PDE8A with Facial Size and Shape

Joanne B. Cole,
Mange Manyama,
Emmanuel Kimwaga,
Joshua Mathayo,
Jacinda R. Larson,
Denise K. Liberton,
Ken Lukowiak,
Tracey M. Ferrara,
Sheri L. Riccardi,
Mao Li

Published: August 25, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006174

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