A three-single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotype in intron 1 of OCA2 explains most human eye-color variation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-252

  Duffy, David L ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Chen, Wei ^b   Zhao, Zhen Zhen ^a   Le, Lien ^a   James, Michael R ^a   Hayward, Nicholas K ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Sturm, Richard A ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 15Q; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAIR COLOR; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTRON; LENTIGO; MALE; NEVUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCA2 GENE; PARENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWINS;

NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 33846617194     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510885     Document Type: Article

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