July 26, 2004
Eye colour: portals into pigmentation genes and ancestry
Trends in Genetics
Volume 20, Issue 8 , 1 August 2004, Pages 327-332
doi:10.1016/j.tig.2004.06.010
Richard A. Sturm, and Tony N. Frudakis
Abstract
Several recent papers have tried to address the genetic determination of eye colour via microsatellite linkage, testing of pigmentation candidate gene polymorphisms and the genome wide analysis of SNP markers that are informative for ancestry. These studies show that the OCA2 gene on chromosome 15 is the major determinant of brown and/or blue eye colour but also indicate that other loci will be involved in the broad range of hues seen in this trait in Europeans.
Posted by Dienekes at July 26, 2004 04:49 PM | PermaLinkI read an article on this in wikiverse it's very interesting what will come out of this research
and how will it affect other genes.