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ArticleHeredity2018

The SETDB2 locus: evidence for a genetic link between handedness and atopic disease.

Bernard Crespi, Silven Read, Peter Hurd

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Article in Heredity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bernard CrespiDepartment of Biological Sciences, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada. crespi@sfu.ca.
Silven ReadDepartment of Biological Sciences, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada.
Peter HurdDepartment of Psychology and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2R3, Canada.
Simon Fraser University · CAUniversity of Alberta · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gene SETDB2, which mediates aspects of laterality in animal model systems, has recently been linked with human handedness as measured continuously on a scale from strong left to strong right. By contrast, it was marginally associated with a left-right dichotomous measure, and it showed no evidence of association with absolute handedness strength independent of direction. We genotyped the SETDB2 handedness-associated single nucleotide polymorphism, rs4942830, in a large healthy population likewise phenotyped for continuous, absolute, and dichotomous handedness variables. Our results demonstrated significant effects of rs4942830 genotype on continuous handedness, and weaker, marginal effects on dichotomous handedness, but no effects on absolute handedness. These results help to establish the locus marked by the SNP rs4942830 as a strong candidate for mediating human handedness. Intriguingly, rs4942830 is also in complete linkage disequilibrium with rs386770867, a polymorphism recently shown to affect human serum levels of IgE production and other atopic phenotypes. These findings implicate this locus in the longstanding links of handedness with asthma and other atopic diseases.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAdolescentFemaleFunctional LateralityGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansHypersensitivityImmunoglobulin ELinkage DisequilibriumMaleYoung AdultHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseImmunoglobulin ESETDB2 protein, human

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PMID29234167
PMCPMC5837111
OpenAlexW2767659254

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