Interactions between SNP alleles at multiple loci and variation in skin pigmentation in 122 caucasians

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 169-178

  Anno, Sumiko ^a   Abe, Takashi ^b   Sairyo, Koichi ^c   Kudo, Susumu ^a   Yamamoto, Takushi ^d   Ogata, Koretsugu ^d   Goel, Vijay K ^e  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d SHIMADZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental adaptability; Polygene; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Indexed keywords

DNA; MELANIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACK; CAUCASIAN; CHEEK; CHEEK CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OZONE DEPLETION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REMOTE SENSING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45749146734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11769343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/117693430700300003     Document Type: Article

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