Cuba: Exploring the History of Admixture and the Genetic Basis of Pigmentation Using Autosomal and Uniparental Markers

An anthropological genetic perspective on creolization in the anglophone caribbean

(2013) Jada Benn Torres et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Genetic Architecture of Skin and Eye Color in an African-European Admixed Population

(2013) Sandra Beleza et al.   PLoS Genetics

Reconstructing the Population Genetic History of the Caribbean

(2013) Andrés Moreno-Estrada et al.   PLoS Genetics

Interdisciplinary approach to the demography of Jamaica

(2012) Michael L Deason et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A cautionary note on switching mitochondrial DNA reference sequences in forensic genetics

(2012) Antonio Salas et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

HERC2 rs12913832 modulates human pigmentation by attenuating chromatin-loop formation between a long-range enhancer and the OCA2 promoter

(2012) M. Visser et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

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

(2012) Leonie C. Jacobs et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Haplogrouping mitochondrial DNA sequences in Legal Medicine/Forensic Genetics

(2012) Hans-Jürgen Bandelt et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

The Timing of Pigmentation Lightening in Europeans

(2012) Sandra Beleza et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Development of a Panel of Genome-Wide Ancestry Informative Markers to Study Admixture Throughout the Americas

(2012) Joshua Mark Galanter et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci predisposing to cutaneous melanoma†

(2011) Christopher I. Amos et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

History Shaped the Geographic Distribution of Genomic Admixture on the Island of Puerto Rico

(2011) Marc Via et al.   PLoS One

Genetic analysis of three important genes in pigmentation and melanoma susceptibility: CDKN2A, MC1R and HERC2/OCA2

(2010) Maider Ibarrola-Villava et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Genome-wide patterns of population structure and admixture among Hispanic/Latino populations

(2010) K. Bryc et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Admixture estimates for the population of Havana City

(2009) A. Cintado et al.   ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY

Interactions BetweenHERC2,OCA2andMC1RMay Influence Human Pigmentation Phenotype

(2009) Wojciech Branicki et al.   ANNALS OF HUMAN GENETICS

Y-chromosome lineages in native South American population

(2009) A. Blanco-Verea et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Genetic variants in pigmentation genes, pigmentary phenotypes, and risk of skin cancer in Caucasians

(2009) Hongmei Nan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

New Population and Phylogenetic Features of the Internal Variation within Mitochondrial DNA Macro-Haplogroup R0

(2009) Vanesa Álvarez-Iglesias et al.   PLoS One

A Single SNP in an Evolutionary Conserved Region within Intron 86 of the HERC2 Gene Determines Human Blue-Brown Eye Color

(2008) Richard A. Sturm et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Genetic origin, admixture, and asymmetry in maternal and paternal human lineages in Cuba

(2008) Isabel Mendizabal et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Blue eye color in humans may be caused by a perfectly associated founder mutation in a regulatory element located within the HERC2 gene inhibiting OCA2 expression

(2008) Hans Eiberg et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation

(2008) Mannis van Oven et al.   HUMAN MUTATION