Genetic analyses of the human eye colours using a novel objective method for eye colour classification

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 508-515

  Andersen, Jeppe D ^a   Johansen, Peter ^a   Harder, Stine ^b   Christoffersen, Susanne R ^b   Delgado, Mikaela C ^a   Henriksen, Sarah T ^b   Nielsen, Mette M ^b   Sørensen, Erik ^c   Ullum, Henrik ^c   Hansen, Thomas ^d   Dahl, Anders L ^b   Paulsen, Rasmus R ^b   Børsting, Claus ^a   Morling, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eye colour; Forensic phenotyping; Genetics; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

HERC2 PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; OCA2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SLC24A4 PROTEIN; SLC45A2 PROTEIN; TYR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL IMAGING; EYE COLOR; EYELID; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; IRIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EYE COLOUR; FORENSIC PHENOTYPING; GENETICS; PIGMENTATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; EYE COLOR; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84879640256     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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