Predicting homo pigmentation phenotype through genomic data: From neanderthal to James Watson

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 705-709

  Cerqueira, Caio C S ^a   Paixão Côrtes, Vanessa R ^a   Zambra, Francis M B ^a   Salzano, Francisco M ^a   Hünemeier, Tábita ^a   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HAIR COLOR; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEANDERTHALS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84865140667     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22263     Document Type: Article

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