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SLC24A5, a Putative Cation Exchanger, Affects Pigmentation in Zebrafish and Humans

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Genetic Evidence for the Convergent Evolution of Light Skin in Europeans and East Asians

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Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +17

Evidence for Variable Selective Pressures at MC1R

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Natural Sciences, Physics, Nuclear Physics +6

Mutations in the Human Orthologue of the Mouse underwhite Gene (uw) Underlie a New Form of Oculocutaneous Albinism, OCA4

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Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +10