Implications of correlations between skin color and genetic ancestry for biomedical research

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 11 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Parra, E J ^a   Kittles, R A ^b   Shriver, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RACE; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 16344384807     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1440     Document Type: Review

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