Exploration of SNP variants affecting hair colour prediction in Europeans

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 963-975

  Söchtig, Jens ^a   Phillips, Chris ^a   Maroñas, Olalla ^a   Gómez Tato, Antonio ^a   Cruz, Raquel ^a   Alvarez Dios, Jose ^a   de Cal, María Ángeles Casares ^a   Ruiz, Yarimar ^a,d   Reich, Kristian ^b,c   Fondevila, Manuel ^a   Carracedo, Ángel ^a,e   Lareu, María V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b University of Santiago de Compostela ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Criminalistics Unit Against Violation of Fundamental Rights (UCCVDFAMC) Public Ministry   (Venezuela)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DAPC; Externally visible characteristics (EVCs); Forensic DNA phenotyping (FDP); Hair colour prediction; Na ve Bayes classification; Pigmentation; ROC; SNP

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER;

CAUCASIAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84940062443     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-015-1226-y     Document Type: Article

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