Normal allele: CC
An allelic variant of the OCA2 gene (pink eye dilution locus) is associated with a genetic predisposition to melanoma.
Polymorphism rs1800407 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
12163334 P gene as an inherited biomarker of human eye color.
18093281 Association of polymorphic sites in the OCA2 gene with eye colour using the tree scanning method.
19208107 Interactions between HERC2, OCA2 and MC1R may influence human pigmentation phenotype.
19320733 Pigmentation-related genes and their implication in malignant melanoma susceptibility.
20042077 Genetic determinants of hair and eye colours in the Scottish and Danish populations.
20158590 Predicting phenotype from genotype: normal pigmentation.
20457063 Human eye colour and HERC2, OCA2 and MATP.
20463881 Digital quantification of human eye color highlights genetic association of three new loci.
20546537 Genome-wide association studies of pigmentation and skin cancer: a review and meta-analysis.
20585627 Web-based, participant-driven studies yield novel genetic associations for common traits.
21197618 Model-based prediction of human hair color using DNA variants.
21674838 Genetic examination of the putative skull of Jan Kochanowski reveals its female sex.
21926416 Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci predisposing to cutaneous melanoma.
22065085 A global view of the OCA2-HERC2 region and pigmentation.
24809478 Implications of the admixture process in skin color molecular assessment.
24880832 Collaborative EDNAP exercise on the IrisPlex system for DNA-based prediction of human eye colour.
26547235 Crowdsourced direct-to-consumer genomic analysis of a family quartet.
26567291 Novel Genetic Loci Associated With Retinal Microvascular Diameter.
27468418 Importance of nonsynonymous OCA2 variants in human eye color prediction.
32963319 The distinctive geographic patterns of common pigmentation variants at the OCA2 gene.
34071952 Prediction of Eye Colour in Scandinavians Using the EyeColour 11 (EC11) SNP Set.