Chroniques génomiques - Couleur de la peau chez l’homme : de nouvelles surprises
Résumé
Careful GWAS analysis of a group of mixed-ancestry Latino-American individuals
reveals the role of a new “light” variant of the MSFD12 gene
which appears to originate in some of the Asian populations that migrated into
the Americas 15,000 years ago. This indicates convergent evolution of sparsely
pigmented skin at high latitudes, and highlights the interest of performing GWAS
studies in non-European populations.
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Jordan, Bertrand ; Chroniques génomiques - Couleur de la peau chez l’homme : de nouvelles
surprises ; Med Sci (Paris), Vol. 35, N° 4 ; p. 385-387 ; DOI : 10.1051/medsci/2019064