Standard
Hair shape
KRTAP · rs143290289
Stands on its own.
Nothing else here links to this position yet — but the page above is the point: what the
research found, what each genotype means, and where it came from, in language you can
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What each result means
A/A
Published research associates this genotype (two copies of the reported risk allele) with a higher likelihood of Hair shape compared to the general population.
A/G
Published research associates this genotype (one copy of the reported risk allele) with an intermediate association with Hair shape.
G/G
Published research associates this genotype with typical/baseline likelihood of Hair shape — no copies of the reported risk allele.
Source
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 8 novel loci involved in shape variation of human head hair
Liu F,
Chen Y,
Zhu G,
Hysi PG,
Wu S,
Adhikari K,
Breslin K,
Pospiech E,
Hamer MA,
Peng F,
Muralidharan C,
Acuna-Alonzo V
and 22 more — show all
Canizales-Quinteros S,
Bedoya G,
Gallo C,
Poletti G,
Rothhammer F,
Bortolini MC,
Gonzalez-Jose R,
Zeng C,
Xu S,
Jin L,
Uitterlinden AG,
Ikram MA,
van Duijn CM,
Nijsten T,
Walsh S,
Branicki W,
Wang S,
Ruiz-Linares A,
Spector TD,
Martin NG,
Medland SE,
Kayser M
Human molecular genetics · 2018 · PMID 29220522 · open access
Questions about rs143290289
What is rs143290289?
rs143290289 is a single position in the genome, in or near the KRTAP gene. Published research associates it with hair shape. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.
Does having rs143290289 mean I will get this?
No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.
Where does the information about rs143290289 come from?
GWAS Catalog, Hum Mol Genet 2017, PMID:29220522. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.
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