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SUMMARY:Genetic Architecture and Evolution of Human Pigmentation - Dr. San
 dra Beleza (Department of Genetics\, University of Leicester)
DTSTART:20150204T163000Z
DTEND:20150204T173000Z
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CONTACT:Aurélien Mounier
DESCRIPTION:Pigmentation variation is one of the most striking aspects of 
 human morphologic diversity. Genomic regions associated with skin\, eye an
 d hair colour have geographic patterns that correlate with the distributio
 n of the pigmentation traits and show some of the strongest signals of sel
 ection in the human genome\, indicating the importance of pigmentation thr
 oughout human evolution. Dr. Beleza will talk about pigmentation in Europe
 an and European-African descended populations. She will focus on a genome-
 wide association study of skin and eye colour in the European-African admi
 xed Cape Verdean population\, in which extensive phenotypic variation is o
 bserved. The results of this study indicate a common genetic basis for ski
 n and eye colour and provide some understanding about the complex evolutio
 n of pigmentation traits in human populations.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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