A Genetic Mechanism for Convergent Skin Lightening during Recent Human Evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1177-1187

  Yang, Zhaohui ^a,b,m   Zhong, Hua ^c   Chen, Jing ^d   Zhang, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Luo, Xin ^a,b   Xu, Shuhua ^e   Chen, Hua ^f   Lu, Dongsheng ^e   Han, Yinglun ^g   Li, Jinkun ^h   Fu, Lijie ^h   Qi, Xuebin ^a   Peng, Yi ^a   Xiang, Kun ^a   Lin, Qiang ^a,b   Guo, Yan ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Cao, Xiangyu ^a   Zhang, Yanfeng ^a   Liao, Shiyu ^a   Peng, Yingmei ^a   Zhang, Lin ^d   Guo, Xiaosen ^i,j   Dong, Shanshan ⁱ   Liang, Fan ⁱ   Wang, Jun ^i,j   Willden, Andrew ^a   Seang Aun, Hong ^k   Serey, Bun ^k   Sovannary, Tuot ^k   Bunnath, Long ^k   Samnom, Ham ^l   Mardon, Graeme ^c   Li, Qingwei ^g   Meng, Anming ^d   Shi, Hong ^a,m   Su, Bing ^a   more..

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^g LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^l Capacity Development Facilitator for Handicap International Federation and Freelance Research   (Cambodia)

^m KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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Author keywords

adaptation; East Asians; natural selection; OCA2; pigmentation genes; skin lightening

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ASIA; EAST ASIAN; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; GENOME; HAN CHINESE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LATITUDE; MELANOGENESIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SPEECH; THINKING; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CARRIER PROTEIN; OCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84970028599     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw003     Document Type: Article

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