Iris texture traits show associations with iris color and genomic ancestry

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-569

  Quillen, Ellen E ^a   Guiltinan, Jenna S ^a   Beleza, Sandra ^b,c   Rocha, Jorge ^c   Pereira, Rinaldo W ^d   Shriver, Mark D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPE VERDE; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; CAPE VERDE; DNA; GENOMICS; HUMANS; IRIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PORTUGAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958093383     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21183     Document Type: Article

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