Association of the OCA2 polymorphism His615Arg with melanin content in east Asian populations: further evidence of convergent evolution of skin pigmentation.

The last decade has witnessed important advances in our understanding of the genetics of pigmentation in European populations, but very little is known about the genes involved in skin pigmentation variation in East Asian populations. Here, we present the results of a study evaluating the associatio...

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Main Authors: Melissa Edwards, Abigail Bigham, Jinze Tan, Shilin Li, Agnes Gozdzik, Kendra Ross, Li Jin, Esteban J Parra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2832666?pdf=render