Web-based, participant-driven studies yield novel genetic associations for common traits.
Plos Genetics
Eriksson, Nicholas N; Macpherson, J Michael JM; Tung, Joyce Y JY; Hon, Lawrence S LS; Naughton, Brian B; Saxonov, Serge S; Avey, Linda L; Wojcicki, Anne A; Pe'er, Itsik I; Mountain, Joanna J
Three genome-wide association studies and a linkage analysis identify HERC2 as a human iris color gene.
American Journal Of Human Genetics
Kayser, Manfred M; Liu, Fan F; Janssens, A Cecile J W AC; Rivadeneira, Fernando F; Lao, Oscar O; van Duijn, Kate K; Vermeulen, Mark M; Arp, Pascal P; Jhamai, Mila M MM; van Ijcken, Wilfred F J WF; den Dunnen, Johan T JT; Heath, Simon S; Zelenika, Diana D; Despriet, Dominiek D G DD; Klaver, Caroline C W CC; Vingerling, Johannes R JR; de Jong, Paulus T V M PT; Hofman, Albert A; Aulchenko, Yurii S YS; Uitterlinden, Andre G AG; Oostra, Ben A BA; van Duijn, Cornelia M CM
A three-single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotype in intron 1 of OCA2 explains most human eye-color variation.
American Journal Of Human Genetics
Duffy, David L DL; Montgomery, Grant W GW; Chen, Wei W; Zhao, Zhen Zhen ZZ; Le, Lien L; James, Michael R MR; Hayward, Nicholas K NK; Martin, Nicholas G NG; Sturm, Richard A RA