Positive selection with diversity in oculocutaneous albinisms type 2 gene (OCA2) among Japanese

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-235

  Shimanuki, Miwa ^a   Abe, Yuko ^a   Tamiya, Gen ^b   Ueki, Masao ^b   Hozumi, Yutaka ^a   Suzuki, Tamio ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MELANIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; CODON; DIVERSIFYING SELECTION; EXON; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LETTER; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISMS TYPE 2 GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PURIFYING SELECTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; JAPAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84922989384     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12337     Document Type: Letter

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