Eye colour and SNPs in Danes

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Andersen, J D ^a   Johansen, P ^a   Mogensen, H S ^a   Borsting C ^a   Morling, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eye colour; Forensic genetics; Genetic phenotyping; HERC2; OCA; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EYE COLOR; GENE; GENOTYPE; HERC2 GENE; HUMAN; IRF4 GENE; OCA2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC45A2 GENE;

EID: 82455192321     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: 1875175X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2011.08.076     Document Type: Article

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