Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations
Crawford NG, Kelly DE, Hansen MEB, Beltrame MH, Fan S, Bowman SL, Jewett E, Ranciaro A, Thompson S, Lo Y, Pfeifer SP, Jensen JD, Campbell MC, Beggs W, Hormozdiari F, Mpoloka SW, Mokone GG, Nyambo T, Meskel DW, Belay G, Haut J; NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Rothschild H, Zon L, Zhou Y1, Kovacs MA, Xu M, Zhang T, Bishop K, Sinclair J, Rivas C, Elliot E, Choi J, Li SA, Hicks B, Burgess S, Abnet C, Watkins-Chow DE, Oceana E, Song YS, Eskin E, Brown KM, Marks MS, Loftus SK, Pavan WJ, Yeager M, Chanock S, Tishkoff SA. Science. 2017 Nov 17;358(6365). pii: eaan8433. doi: 10.1126/science.aan8433. Epub 2017 Oct 12.
Summary
A new study in Science by University of Pennsylvania geneticists has identified genetic variants associated with skin pigmentation in a range of diverse groups in Africa. Their findings can help explain the genetics associated with conditions like skin cancer and vitiligo, as well as the history of human evolution.
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