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Importance of nonsynonymous OCA2 variants in human eye color prediction.

ABSTRACT: The color of the eyes is one of the most prominent phenotypes in humans and it is often used to describe the appearance of an individual. The intensity of pigmentation in the iris is strongly associated with one single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs12913832:A>G that is located in the promotor region of OCA2 (OMIM #611409). Nevertheless, many eye colors cannot be explained by only considering rs12913832:A>G.In this study, we searched for additional variants in OCA2 to explain human eye color by sequencing a 500 kbp region, encompassing OCA2 and its promotor region.We identified three nonsynonymous OCA2 variants as important for eye color, including rs1800407:G>A (p.Arg419Gln) and two variants, rs74653330:A>T (p.Ala481Thr) and rs121918166:G>A (p.Val443Ile), not previously described as important for eye color variation. It was shown that estimated haplotypes consisting of four variants (rs12913832:A>G, rs1800407:G>A (p.Arg419Gln), rs74653330:A>T (p.Ala481Thr), and rs121918166:G>A (p.Val443Ile)) explained 75.6% (adjusted R (2) = 0.76) of normal eye color variation, whereas rs12913832:A>G alone explained 68.8% (adjusted R (2) = 0.69). Moreover, rs74653330:A>T (p.Ala481Thr) and rs121918166:G>A (p.Val443Ile) had a measurable effect on quantitative skin color (P = 0.008).Our data showed that rs74653330:A>T (p.Ala481Thr) and rs121918166:G>A (p.Val443Ile) have a measurable effect on normal pigmentation variation.

SUBMITTER: Andersen JD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4947861 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Importance of nonsynonymous OCA2 variants in human eye color prediction.

Andersen Jeppe D JD Pietroni Carlotta C Johansen Peter P Andersen Mikkel M MM Pereira Vania V Børsting Claus C Morling Niels N

Molecular genetics & genomic medicine 20160311 4

<h4>Background</h4>The color of the eyes is one of the most prominent phenotypes in humans and it is often used to describe the appearance of an individual. The intensity of pigmentation in the iris is strongly associated with one single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs12913832:A>G that is located in the promotor region of OCA2 (OMIM #611409). Nevertheless, many eye colors cannot be explained by only considering rs12913832:A>G.<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, we searched for additional variants i ...[more]

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Importance of nonsynonymous OCA2 variants in human eye color prediction.

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Importance of nonsynonymous OCA2 variants in human eye color prediction.

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