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Genetic studies of the human melanocortin-1 receptor.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 20 Oct 1999
Rees J L, Birch-Machin M, Flanagan N, Healy E, Phillips S, Todd C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic approaches have suggested a critical role for the melanocortin-1 receptor in the control of pigmentation. We showed that this gene is unusually polymorphic in European populations and that, of the many variants, three in particular appear to be associated with red hair or fair skin. Family studies suggest these are inherited as an autosomal recessive trait (or at least approximate to this in many...
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