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

Skin pigmentation is one of the most variable phenotypic traits in humans. A non-synonymous substitution (rs1426654) in the third exon of SLC24A5 accounts for lighter skin in Europeans but not in East Asians. A previous genome-wide association study carried out in a heterogeneous sample of UK immigr...

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Autores principales: Basu Mallick, Chandana, Iliescu, Florin Mircea, Möls, Märt, Hill, Sarah, Tamang, Rakesh, Chaubey, Gyaneshwer, Goto, Rie, Ho, Simon Y. W., Gallego Romero, Irene, Crivellaro, Federica, Hudjashov, Georgi, Rai, Niraj, Metspalu, Mait, Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas, Pitchappan, Ramasamy, Singh, Lalji, Mirazon-Lahr, Marta, Thangaraj, Kumarasamy, Villems, Richard, Kivisild, Toomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003912