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
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