The Scientist : Gene implicated in human pigment variation [16/12/2005]

Gene implicated in human pigment variation

Email: Ishani Ganguli - iganguli@the-scientist.com
News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20051216-01

16 December 2005

A pigmentation gene first identified in zebrafish helps explain skin color differences between human European and African populations, a new Sciencestudy shows. A derived variant of the slc24a5 gene, which is correlated with light skin color and differs from the ancestral allele by only one nucleotide, seems to have undergone strong natural selection in European populations.

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