A global view of the OCA2-HERC2 region and pigmentation

Human Genetics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 683-696

  Donnelly, Michael P ^a   Paschou, Peristera ^b   Grigorenko, Elena ^c   Gurwitz, David ^d   Barta, Csaba ^e   Lu, Ru Band ^f   Zhukova, Olga V ^g   Kim, Jong Jin ^h   Siniscalco, Marcello ⁱ   New, Maria ^j   Li, Hui ^k   Kajuna, Sylvester L B ^l   Manolopoulos, Vangelis G ^b   Speed, William C ^a   Pakstis, Andrew J ^a   Kidd, Judith R ^a   Kidd, Kenneth K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^h National Institute of Scientific Investigation   (South Korea)

ⁱ ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l HUBERT KAIRUKI MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HERC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; EYE COLOR; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HERC2 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OCA2 GENE; OCA2 HERC2 GENE; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; FAR EAST; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS;

NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EUROPE; EYE COLOR; FAR EAST; GENE FREQUENCY; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84862263758     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1110-x     Document Type: Article

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