Polymorphisms upstream of the melanocortin-1 receptor coding region are associated with human pigmentation variation in a Brazilian population

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 853-855

  Neitzke Montinelli, Vanessa ^a   Urmenyi, Turan P ^a   Rondinelli, Edson ^a,b   Cabello, Pedro Hernan ^c   Silva, Rosane ^a,b   Moura Neto, Rodrigo S ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional para Pesquisa Translacional em Saúde e Ambiente na Região Amazônica   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84867741629     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22301     Document Type: Article

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