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Eyebrow thickness, FOXD1 region marker

How thick and full the eyebrows are.

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Evidence · Replicated

What the research found

In the cited research, the C allele at rs12651896 was associated with thicker eyebrows.

TT
Thinner
CT
Middle
CC
Thicker
Slight effect

What the study found

In the study, each copy went with eyebrow thickness rating from photos on a three level scale from scarce to dense about 0.08 points higher on average.

Latin American men (CANDELA) · 2,301 people · Table 1 (rs12651896, CANDELA row: frequency 0.32, beta 0.08, P 7.54e-6) and Methods (three point scale)
Evidence
Replicated genome-wide association
Who was studied
Han Chinese, Uyghur, Latin American and Dutch European
1000 Genomes Project

How common each genotype is

How common each genotype is in the 1000 Genomes Project, by region
RegionTTThinnerCTMiddleCCThicker
All regions2,504 people53%38%9%
Africa661 people44%44%12%
The Americas347 people47%42%11%
East Asia504 people66%30%4%
Europe503 people49%44%8%
South Asia489 people60%31%10%

Among the 2,504 people of the 1000 Genomes Project, in five world regions. These percentages describe groups of people, never anyone’s chance of having a trait.

rs12651896

The marker

Gene or region
FOXD1 region
Marker
rs12651896
Location
Chromosome 5 · GRCh37 72,502,029 · GRCh38 73,206,202
Letters studied
C and T, with C as the studied allele

A DNA Traits report reads this marker in your raw DNA file and shows which of the three genotypes is yours, with how common it is. It counts the copies of the studied allele; it does not measure the trait itself.

Marker
FOXD1 region · rs12651896
Location
Chromosome 5 · GRCh37 72,502,029 · GRCh38 73,206,202
Studied allele
C
Published statistic
Per C: Han 0.084 (P 1.7e-8, n 2,961), Uyghur 0.064 (P 0.054, n 721), CANDELA 0.08 (P 7.5e-6, n 2,301), Rotterdam 0.05 (P 2.9e-4, n 4,411; frequency printed 0.71); three-cohort meta-analysis P 2.5e-13 (Table 1 and Results). CRISPR editing of the site changed FOXD1 expression (Results, Fig 4) (Table 1 (rs12651896, CANDELA row: frequency 0.32, beta 0.08, P 7.54e-6) and Methods (three point scale))
1000 Genomes Project phase 3, people with 0, 1 and 2 copies
All regions 1322 / 959 / 223 · Africa 288 / 294 / 79 · The Americas 164 / 145 / 38 · East Asia 333 / 150 / 21 · Europe 245 / 220 / 38 · South Asia 292 / 150 / 47
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Limits

What it cannot tell you

Eyebrows were rated from photos on a three level scale. One of several markers that shape eyebrow thickness.

Genome-wide association studies and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing identify regulatory variants influencing eyebrow thickness in humans (Wu et al., 2018)
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