The timing of pigmentation lightening in Europeans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-35

  Beleza, Sandra ^a,f   Santos, António M ^a,b   McEvoy, Brian ^c   Alves, Isabel ^a,g   Martinho, Cláudia ^a,h   Cameron, Emily ^d   Shriver, Mark D ^e   Parra, Esteban J ^d   Rocha, Jorge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

age of selection; European populations; pigmentation genes; selection coefficient

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KITLG GENE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SLC24A5 GENE; SLC45A2 GENE; TYRP1 GENE;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LOCI; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84866781426     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss207     Document Type: Article

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