Gene-gene interactions contribute to eye colour variation in humans

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-455

  Pośpiech, Ewelina ^a   Draus Barini, Jolanta ^a   Kupiec, Tomasz ^a   Wojas Pelc, Anna ^b   Branicki, Wojciech ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eye colour; gene gene interactions; HERC2; multifactor dimensionality reduction; OCA2; pigmentation genes; SLC24A4; TYRP1

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERC 2 GENE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCA 2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PREDICTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC24A4 GENE; TYRP 1 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

CORYLUS AMERICANA; NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 79959627449     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2011.38     Document Type: Article

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