De Novo Dissecting the Three-Dimensional Facial Morphology of 2379 Han Chinese Individuals.

ABSTRACT: Phenotypic diversity, especially that of facial morphology, has not been fully investigated in the Han Chinese, which is the largest ethnic group in the world. In this study, we systematically analyzed a total of 14,838 facial traits representing 15 categories with both a large-scale three-dimensional (3D) manual landmarking database and computer-aided facial segmented phenotyping in 2379 Han Chinese individuals. Our results illustrate that homogeneous and heterogeneous facial morphological traits exist among Han Chinese populations across the three geographical regions: Zhengzhou, Taizhou, and Nanning. We identified 1560 shared features from extracted phenotypes, which characterized well the basic facial morphology of the Han Chinese. In particular, heterogeneous phenotypes showing popula

SUBMITTER: Qiao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature