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Blue eyes in lemurs and humans: same phenotype, different genetic mechanism.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jun 2009

Bradley Brenda J, Pedersen Anja, Mundy Nicholas I

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Almost all mammals have brown or darkly-pigmented eyes (irises), but among primates, there are some prominent blue-eyed exceptions. The blue eyes of some humans and lemurs are a striking example of convergent evolution of a rare phenotype on distant branches of the primate tree. Recent work on humans indicates that blue eye color is associated with, and likely caused by, a single nucleotide polymorphism...

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PMID: 19278018
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21010

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