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Just five genes 'could determine what type
of face you have' in discovery that may lead
to new ways of producing police mugshots
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Researchers have identified five regions of genetic code associated with
different facial shapes
It could lead to ways of producing police mugshots from DNA traces at
crime scenes
Researchers used MRI scans and portrait photographs to map facial
features
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 21:09 GMT, 13 September 2012 | UPDATED: 08:55 GMT, 14 September 2012
Just five genes ‘could determine what type of face you have’, a study has found.
The research could even lead to ways of producing police mugshots from DNA traces at crime
scenes according to experts.
Scientists used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and portrait photographs to map facial
features.
Could help police: The discovery of five genes may lead to new ways of producing police mugshots from DNA traces at
crime scenes
These were then matched against DNA variants in almost 10,000 individuals.
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Five regions of the genetic code associated with different facial shapes were identified which
suggests the involvement of five specific known genes.
Used MRI: Researchers used MRI scans and portrait photographs to map facial features to find the five genes which may
determine the face you have
One, PAX3, has been linked to a minor disfigurement in which the nose is unusually broad.
Another, PRDM16, is believed to play a role in cleft palate and other facial defects.
Lead scientist Professor Manfred Kayser, from the Erasmus University Medical Centre in
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, said: ‘These are exciting first results that mark the beginning of the
genetic understanding of human facial morphology.
Facial shapes: The genes are associated with different facial shapes. The gene PAX3 is linked to a minor disfigurement
in which the nose is unusually broad
‘Perhaps some time it will be possible to draw a phantom portrait of a person solely from his or her
DNA left behind, which provides interesting applications such as in forensics.
‘We already can predict from DNA certain eye and hair colours with quite high accuracies.’
The research has been published in the online journal Public Library of Science Genetics.
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'Phantom portrait': Lead scientist Professor Manfred Kayser said it will be possible to draw a 'phantom portrait' which
has interesting applications in forensics
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