Comprehensive candidate gene study highlights UGT1A and BNC2 as new genes determining continuous skin color variation in Europeans.

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Published in Hum Genet on October 11, 2012

Authors

Leonie C Jacobs1, Andreas Wollstein, Oscar Lao, Albert Hofman, Caroline C Klaver, André G Uitterlinden, Tamar Nijsten, Manfred Kayser, Fan Liu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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