Determination of phenotype associated SNPs in the MC1R gene

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-354

  Branicki, Wojciech ^a   Brudnik, Urszula ^b   Kupiec, Tomasz ^a   Wolañska Nowak, Paulina ^a   Wojas Pelc, Anna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Genetic prediction; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Physical traits; Red hair color; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33847095560     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00361.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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