Genetic determinants of hair and eye colours in the Scottish and Danish populations

BMC Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mengel From, Jonas ^a   Wong, Terence H ^b,c   Morling, Niels ^a   Rees, Jonathan L ^b   Jackson, Ian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HPS3; PROTEIN KITLG; PROTEIN MCIR; PROTEIN OCA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; HPS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; OCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PIGMENTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; DENMARK; GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENMARK; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SCOTLAND; STEM CELL FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449084769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-10-88     Document Type: Article

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