Title
Developmental pathways inferred from modularity, morphological integration and fluctuating asymmetry patterns in the human face
Date Issued
01 December 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Quinto-Sánchez M.
Muñoz-Muñoz F.
Gomez-Valdes J.
Cintas C.
Navarro P.
Cerqueira C.C.S.D.
Paschetta C.
De Azevedo S.
Ramallo V.
Acuña-Alonzo V.
Adhikari K.
Fuentes-Guajardo M.
Hünemeier T.
Everardo P.
De Avila F.
Jaramillo C.
Arias W.
Bedoya G.
Bortolini M.C.
Canizales-Quinteros S.
Rothhammer F.
Rosique J.
Ruiz-Linares A.
Gonzalez-Jose R.
Publisher(s)
Nature Publishing Group
Abstract
Facial asymmetries are usually measured and interpreted as proxies to developmental noise. However, analyses focused on its developmental and genetic architecture are scarce. To advance on this topic, studies based on a comprehensive and simultaneous analysis of modularity, morphological integration and facial asymmetries including both phenotypic and genomic information are needed. Here we explore several modularity hypotheses on a sample of Latin American mestizos, in order to test if modularity and integration patterns differ across several genomic ancestry backgrounds. To do so, 4104 individuals were analyzed using 3D photogrammetry reconstructions and a set of 34 facial landmarks placed on each individual. We found a pattern of modularity and integration that is conserved across sub-samples differing in their genomic ancestry background. Specifically, a signal of modularity based on functional demands and organization of the face is regularly observed across the whole sample. Our results shed more light on previous evidence obtained from Genome Wide Association Studies performed on the same samples, indicating the action of different genomic regions contributing to the expression of the nose and mouth facial phenotypes. Our results also indicate that large samples including phenotypic and genomic metadata enable a better understanding of the developmental and genetic architecture of craniofacial phenotypes.
Volume
8
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética humana
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85040820641
PubMed ID
Source
Scientific Reports
ISSN of the container
20452322
Sponsor(s)
We are grateful to the volunteers of the CANDELA sampling for their enthusiastic support for this research. We thank Alvaro Alvarado, Mónica Ballesteros Romero, Ricardo Cebrecos, Miguel Ángel Contreras Sieck, Joyce De la Piedra, María Teresa Del Solar, William Flores, Martha Granados Riveros, Ilich Jafet Moreno, Jodie Lampert, Paola León-Mimila, Francisco Quispealaya, Diana Rogel Diaz, Ruth Rojas, Norman Russell, Vanessa Sarabia, Rosilene Paim, Ricardo Gunski, Sergeant João Felisberto Menezes Cavalheiro and Major Eugenio Correa de Souza Junior for assistance with volunteer recruitment, sample processing and data entry. The following institutions kindly provided facilities for the assessment of volunteers: Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (México); Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidad de Lima and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Perú); Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). This work was funded by grants from: the Leverhulme Trust (F/07 134/DF to ARL), BBSRC (BB/I021213/1 to ARL, and the CONICET Latin American grant program (No. 41488 to M.Q-S). Raw data regarding symmetric and asymmetric coordinates, along with associated metadata is available at: laofunam.com/data
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