Abstract Introduction Forensic DNA Phenotyping (FDP) has provided better understanding of
various phenotypic features (eg, height, skin colour, eye colour, structure and shape of scalp …

Human skin colour is highly heritable and externally visible with relevance in medical,
forensic, and anthropological genetics. Although eye and hair colour can already be …

SLC45A2 encodes a putative transporter expressed primarily in pigment cells. SLC45A2
mutations cause oculocutaneous albinism type 4 (OCA4) and polymorphisms are …

Objectives Skin pigmentation is both a highly variable and highly visible human phenotypic
trait. Investigations into the biology and origins of this variation have been the focus of …

Like many highly variable human traits, more than a dozen genes are known to contribute to
the full range of skin color. However, the historical bias in favor of genetic studies in …

Skin pigmentation is a complex trait that varies largely among populations. Most genome-
wide association studies of this trait have been performed in Europeans and Asians. We …

South Asia has a complex history of migrations and is characterized by substantial
pigmentary and genetic diversity. For this reason, it is an ideal region to study the genetic …

Our understanding of the genetics of skin pigmentation has been largely skewed towards
populations of European ancestry, imparting less attention to South Asian populations, who …

Cutaneous melanoma is the most aggressive of skin tumors. In order to discover new
biomarkers that could help us improve prognostic prediction in melanoma patients, we have …

Objectives Skin color is a highly visible and variable trait across human populations. It is not
yet clear how evolutionary forces interact to generate phenotypic diversity. Here, we sought …