Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations

G. Crawford, Nicholas; E. Kelly, Derek; E.B. Hansen, Matthew; Holsbach Beltrame, Márcia; Fan, Shaohua; L. Bowman, Shanna; M. Jewett, Ethan; Ranciaro, Alessia; R. Thompson, Simon; Lo, Yancy; P. Pfeifer, Susanne; D. Jensen, Jeffrey; C. Campbell, Michael; Beggs, William; Hormozdiari, Farhad; Wata Mpoloka, Sununguko; George Mokone, Gaonyadiwe; Nyambo, Thomas; Wolde Meskel, Dawit; Belay, Gurja; Haut, Jake; Comparative Sequencing Program, NISC; Rothschild, Harriet; I. Zon, Leonard; Zhou, Yi; A. Kovacs, Michael; Xu, Mai; Zhang, Tongwu; Bishop, Kevin; Sinclair, Jason; Rivas, Cecilia; Elliot, Eugene; Choi, Jiyeon; A. Li, Shengchao; Hicks, Belynda; M. Burgess, Shawn; C. Abnet, Christian; E. Watkins‐Chow, Dawn; Oceana, Elena; S. Song, Yun; Eskin, Eleazar; M. Brown, Kevin; S. Marks, Michael; K. Loftus, Stacie; J. Pavan, William; Yeager, Meredith; Chanock, Stephen; A. Tishkoff, Sarah

doi:10.1126/science.aan8433

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Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations

Published in Science • Oct 13, 2017

Authors:

Nicholas G. Crawford

Derek E. Kelly

Matthew E.B. Hansen

Abstract

African genomics and skin color Skin color varies among human populations and is thought to be under selection, with light skin maximizing vitamin D production at higher latitudes and dark skin providing UV protection in equatorial zones. To identify the genes that give rise to the palette of human ...

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Skin color

Human skin

Biology

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