Genotype-phenotype associations and human eye color

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-7

  White, Désirée ^a   Rabago Smith, Montserrat ^a  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eye color; HERC2; OCA2; SNP

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EPISTASIS; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; OCULAR ALBINISM; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; EYE COLOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79251622232     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.126     Document Type: Review

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