DNA polymorphism and selection at the melanocortin-1 receptor gene in normally pigmented Southern African individuals

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 994, Issue , 2003, Pages 299-306

  John, Premila R ^a   Makova, Kateryna ^b   Li, Wen Hsiung ^b   Jenkins, Trefor ^a   Ramsay, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R); Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR GENE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MUTATION RATE; NEGRO; NONSYNONYMOUS MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNONYMOUS MUTATION;

EID: 0038050991     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03193.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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