The distinctive geographic patterns of common pigmentation variants at the OCA2 gene
Kidd KK, Pakstis AJ, Donnelly MP, Bulbul O, Cherni L, Gurkan C, Kang L, Li H, Yun L, Paschou P, Meiklejohn KA, Haigh E, Speed WC. The distinctive geographic patterns of common pigmentation variants at the OCA2 gene. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 15433. PMID: 32963319, PMCID: PMC7508881, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72262-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOculocutaneous albinism type 2Genetic variationOCA2 genePopulation genetic variationGeographic patternsNormal pigmentation variationPigmentation variationSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPositive selectionHypomorphic proteinEnhancer variantsPigmentation variantsGenesNucleotide polymorphismsDistinctive geographic patternsEye colorStrong selection effectsVariant frequencyPigmentationVariantsProteinAllelesVariationDifferent patternsPolymorphism