Genetic evidence for the convergent evolution of light skin in Europeans and East Asians

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 710-722

  Norton, Heather L ^a,h   Kittles, Rick A ^b   Parra, Esteban ^c   McKeigue, Paul ^d   Mao, Xianyun ^a   Cheng, Keith ^e,f   Canfield, Victor A ^f   Bradley, Daniel G ^g   McEvoy, Brian ^g   Shriver, Mark D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Natural selection; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SKIN PIGMENTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33847664554     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl203     Document Type: Article

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