Interactions Between HERC2, OCA2 and MC1R May Influence Human Pigmentation Phenotype

被引：93

作者：

Branicki, Wojciech ^{[1
]}

Brudnik, Urszula ^{[2
]}

Wojas-Pelc, Anna ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Forens Res, Sect Forens Genet, PL-31033 Krakow, Poland

[2] Jagiellonian Univ, Coll Med, Dept Dermatol, PL-31501 Krakow, Poland

来源：

ANNALS OF HUMAN GENETICS | 2009年 / 73卷

关键词：

Pigmentation; HERC2; OCA2; MC1R; Gene-gene interactions; Phenotype prediction; MULTIFACTOR-DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN EYE-COLOR; GENETIC-DETERMINANTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; POPULATION-DATA; P-GENE; EPISTASIS; ORGANIZATION; HAPLOTYPE;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00504.x

中图分类号：

Q3 [遗传学];

学科分类号：

071007 ; 090102 ;

摘要：

Human pigmentation is a polygenic trait which may be shaped by different kinds of gene-gene interactions. Recent studies have revealed that interactive effects between HERC2 and OCA2 may be responsible for blue eye colour determination in humans. Here we performed a population association study, examining important polymorphisms within the HERC2 and OCA2 genes. Furthermore, pooling these results with genotyping data for MC1R, ASIP and SLC45A2 obtained for the same population sample we also analysed potential genetic interactions affecting variation in eye, hair and skin colour. Our results confirmed the association of HERC2 rs12913832 with eye colour and showed that this SNP is also significantly associated with skin and hair colouration. It is also concluded that OCA2 rs1800407 is independently associated with eye colour. Finally, using various approaches we were able to show that there is an interaction between MC1R and HERC2 in determination of skin and hair colour in the studied population sample.

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页码：160 / 170

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