Scientists have discovered eight new spots associated with the curling of human hair

shape of human hair is a highly genetic esogeotic. As one of the most obvious external visible features of human beings, hair shapes exhibit significant diversity between continents.
Liu Fan Research Group of the Beijing Genomics Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, erasmus University in the Netherlands, in collaboration with researchers from other countries, to conduct a genome-wide study based on the curvature of human hair based on large samples. Using a combination of questionnaires and expert assessments, the researchers accurately quantified the hair curvature of nearly 30,000 people and analyzed the relationship between more than 8 million genetic points and hair curvature. The findings are published
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The study found eight new genetic locations associated with human hair curvature and validated several genetic locations previously reported, raising genetic understanding of variations in human hair shape and helping to further uncover the molecular basis for external visible feature expression variation. In addition, human hair prediction models based on newly discovered locations have higher predictive accuracy and greater generalization capabilities, and have potential applications in the field of forensics and beauty.
Liu Fan, a researcher at the Beijing Genomics Institute, said, "The data show that the genetic structure of hair cranky hair in Asian populations is different from that of the rest of the world, and the curly hair-related allied genes currently found play little or no role in Asian populations, or are completely obscured by the effects of Asian-specific EDAR gene mutations." "
with an in-depth understanding of the genetic factors of human appearance esophological factors, it is expected that in the future, the information covered directly by DNA will provide a complete picture of the person's appearance." Molecular esophology is a new field of forensic medicine in recent years, the aim of which is to reduce the scope of criminal suspects and provide clues for investigation by digging deep into the DNA of the material and depicting the appearance characteristics of the material provider. This research is helpful to the continuous improvement of human appearance forming, and further promotes the development of molecular esophological portrayal. (Source: Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)