Table 2 Genome-wide significant genes in the TWAS of the hair colour categories: blonde, brown and red.

From: A large Canadian cohort provides insights into the genetic architecture of human hair colour

Gene

Chr

GWAS best SNP

GWAS Z-score

eQTL best SNP

eQTL Z-score

# of SNPs

# weighted SNPs

TWAS Z-score

TWAS p-value

Blonde Hair Colour

  EDNRB

13

rs7330412

−5.4

rs7330412

−3.89

1204

1

5.404

6.52E-08

  RIN3*

14

rs12896399

11.51

rs12893289

−6.14

986

4

−11.3069

1.21E-29

  SLC24A4*

14

rs12896399

11.51

rs61977801

−6.68

933

11

−11.1083

1.14E-28

  OCA2

15

rs12913832

−25.28

rs12913832

6.24

489

1

−25.282

5.04E-141

Brown Hair Colour

  OCA2

15

rs1129038

−15.2

rs12913832

6.24

489

1

−15.203

3.38E-52

Red Hair Colour

  CDK10

16

rs1805007

18.67

rs11538871

−5.69

987

5

−7.23615

4.62E-13

  1. Genome-wide significant threshold: p-value ≤ 4.17e-06. GWAS/eQTL best SNP is the most significant SNP on each analysis. Chr chromosome. *Signals are not independent from each other, as evidenced by conditional TWAS.