The Light Skin Allele of SLC24A5 in South Asians and Europeans Shares Identity by Descent

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Basu Mallick, Chandana ^a,b   Iliescu, Florin Mircea ^c   Möls, Märt ^a,b   Hill, Sarah ^c   Tamang, Rakesh ^d   Chaubey, Gyaneshwer ^b   Goto, Rie ^c   Ho, Simon Y W ^e   Gallego Romero, Irene ^c,i   Crivellaro, Federica ^c,j   Hudjashov, Georgi ^a,b   Rai, Niraj ^d   Metspalu, Mait ^a,b   Mascie Taylor, C G Nicholas ^c   Pitchappan, Ramasamy ^f   Singh, Lalji ^d,g   Mirazon Lahr, Marta ^c   Thangaraj, Kumarasamy ^d   Villems, Richard ^a,b,h   Kivisild, Toomas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f CHETTINAD HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^g BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^j National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography L Pigorini   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; MELANIN INDEX; MONOPHYLY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SLC24A5 GENE;

ALLELES; ANTIPORTERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84888227090     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003912     Document Type: Article

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