Global patterns of diversity and selection in human tyrosinase gene.
Global variation in skin pigmentation is one of the most striking examples of environmental adaptation in humans. More than two hundred loci have been identified as candidate genes in model organisms and a few tens of these have been found to be significantly associated with human skin pigmentation...
Main Authors: | Georgi Hudjashov, Richard Villems, Toomas Kivisild |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770694?pdf=render |
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