Evidence suggesting the inheritance mode of the human P gene in skin complexion is not strictly recessive

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1493-1496

  Chiang, Pei Wen ^a   Spector, Elaine ^a   Tsai, Anne Chun Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INHERITANCE; LETTER; P GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN COLOR;

FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, RECESSIVE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 44449163003     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32321     Document Type: Letter

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