A polymorphism study of the human Agouti gene and its association with MC1R

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 264-267

  Voisey, Joanne ^a   Box, Neil F ^b   Van Daal, Angela ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agouti signal protein; Hair colour; Variant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034876264     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140406.x     Document Type: Article

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