A genetic mechanism for convergent skin lightening during recent human evolution

Zhaohui Yang; Hua Zhong; Jing Chen; Xiaoming Zhang; Hui Zhang; Xin Luo; Shuhua Xu; Hua Chen; Dongsheng Lu; Yinglun Han; Jinkun Li; Lijie Fu; Xuebin Qi; Yi Peng; Kun Xiang; Qiang Lin; Yan Guo; Ming Li; Xiangyu Cao; Yanfeng Zhang; Shiyu Liao; Yingmei Peng; Lin Zhang; Xiaosen Guo; Shanshan Dong; Fan Liang; Jun Wang; Andrew Willden; Hong Seang Aun; Bun Serey; Tuot Sovannary; Long Bunnath; Ham Samnom; Graeme Mardon; Qingwei Li; Anming Meng; Hong Shi; Bing Su

doi:10.1093/molbev/msw003

A genetic mechanism for convergent skin lightening during recent human evolution

Zhaohui Yang, Hua Zhong, Jing Chen, Xiaoming Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xin Luo, Shuhua Xu, Hua Chen, Dongsheng Lu, Yinglun Han, Jinkun Li, Lijie Fu, Xuebin Qi, Yi Peng, Kun Xiang, Qiang Lin, Yan Guo, Ming Li, Xiangyu Cao, Yanfeng ZhangShiyu Liao, Yingmei Peng, Lin Zhang, Xiaosen Guo, Shanshan Dong, Fan Liang, Jun Wang, Andrew Willden, Hong Seang Aun, Bun Serey, Tuot Sovannary, Long Bunnath, Ham Samnom, Graeme Mardon, Qingwei Li, Anming Meng, Hong Shi, Bing Su

Genome Research and Molecular Bio Medicine

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Original language	English
Journal	Molecular Biology and Evolution
Volume	33
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	1177-1187
Number of pages	11
ISSN	0737-4038
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msw003
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2016

Keywords

OCA2
East Asians
skin lightening
pigmentation genes
adaptation
natural selection

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Yang, Z, Zhong, H, Chen, J, Zhang, X, Zhang, H, Luo, X, Xu, S, Chen, H, Lu, D, Han, Y, Li, J, Fu, L, Qi, X, Peng, Y, Xiang, K, Lin, Q, Guo, Y, Li, M, Cao, X, Zhang, Y, Liao, S, Peng, Y, Zhang, L, Guo, X, Dong, S, Liang, F, Wang, J, Willden, A, Aun, HS, Serey, B, Sovannary, T, Bunnath, L, Samnom, H, Mardon, G, Li, Q, Meng, A, Shi, H & Su, B 2016, 'A genetic mechanism for convergent skin lightening during recent human evolution', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 1177-1187. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msw003

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