Association study confirms the role of two OCA2 polymorphisms in normal skin pigmentation variation in East Asian populations

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 520-525

  Eaton, Katherine ^a   Edwards, Melissa ^a   Krithika, S ^a   Cook, Gillian ^a   Norton, Heather ^b   Parra, Esteban J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; OCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; ONTARIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ONTARIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931422888     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22678     Document Type: Article

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