A Gene for Freckles Maps to Chromosome 4q32-q34

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 286-290

  Zhang, Xue Jun ^a,c   He, Ping Ping ^a,b,c   Liang, Yan Hua ^a,b,c   Yang, Sen ^a,c   Yuan, Wen Tao ^b   Xu, Shi Jie ^b   Huang, Wei ^b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Genome Research at Anhui   (China)

Author keywords

Freckles; Gene mapping; Genome wide scan; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 1442348109     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202X.2004.22244.x     Document Type: Article

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