Genetic correlations among texture characteristics in the human iris

Molecular Vision

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 821-831

  Larsson, Mats ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMBRYOLOGY; EYE COLOR; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 16644378832     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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