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Journal Article
Genome-wide association study reveals sex-specific genetic architecture of facial attractiveness
2019
Overview
Facial attractiveness is a complex human trait of great interest in both academia and industry. Literature on sociological and phenotypic factors associated with facial attractiveness is rich, but its genetic basis is poorly understood. In this paper, we conducted a genome-wide association study to discover genetic variants associated with facial attractiveness using 4,383 samples in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We identified two genome-wide significant loci, highlighted a handful of candidate genes, and demonstrated enrichment for heritability in human tissues involved in reproduction and hormone synthesis. Additionally, facial attractiveness showed strong and negative genetic correlations with BMI in females and with blood lipids in males. Our analysis also suggested sex-specific selection pressure on variants associated with lower male attractiveness. These results revealed sex-specific genetic architecture of facial attractiveness and provided fundamental new insights into its genetic basis.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Alleles
/ Beauty
/ Face
/ Female
/ Females
/ Genes
/ Genetics
/ Genome-wide association studies
/ Genome-Wide Association Study
/ Genomes
/ Genomics
/ Hormones
/ Humans
/ Lipids
/ Male
/ Medicine and Health Sciences
/ Methods
/ Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
/ Sex
