Skin color variation in Orang Asli tribes of Peninsular Malaysia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ang, Khai C ^a   Ngu, Mee S ^b   Reid, Katherine P ^a   Teh, Mei S ^b   Aida, Zamzuraida S ^b   Koh, Danny X R ^b   Berg, Arthur ^c   Oppenheimer, Stephen ^d   Salleh, Hood ^b   Clyde, Mahani M ^b   Md Zain, Badrul M ^b   Canfield, Victor A ^c   Cheng, Keith C ^a  

^a PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALAYSIA; MUTATOR GENE; POPULATION SIZE; SKIN COLOR; SLC24A2 GENE; SLC24A5 GENE;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MELANINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84865052361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042752     Document Type: Article

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