HERITABILITY AND COMPONENTS OF PHENOTYPIC-EXPRESSION IN SKIN REFLECTANCE OF MESTIZOS FROM THE PERUVIAN LOWLANDS
HERITABILITY AND COMPONENTS OF PHENOTYPIC-EXPRESSION IN SKIN REFLECTANCE OF MESTIZOS FROM THE PERUVIAN LOWLANDS
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DOI:
10.1002/ajpa.1330550207
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
WAY, A
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作者:
FRISANCHO, AR;WAINWRIGHT, R;WAY, A
Skin reflectance was measured on the inner upper arm and forehead of a sample of 209 Mestizos ranging in age from 2-64 yr living in the town to Lamas in the Eastern Peruvian Lowlands. The sample consisted of 43 father-son, 42 father-daughter, 62 mother-son and 70 mother-daughter pairs. The sample also consisted of 57 brother-brother, 60 sister-sister and 139 brother-sister pairs. The reflectance measurements were made with a Photovolt Reflection Meter, model 670. Stepwise polynomial regression techniques were used to derive standardized residual values. Using these residual values parent-offspring, sibling intraclass correlations and components of the phenotypic expression of skin reflectance were calculated. The parent-offspring and sibling correlation coefficients conformed with the theoretical correlations expected assuming polygenic inheritance. The husband-wife correlations indicate a high degree of assortative mating for skin color, but despite this effect the parent-offspring and sibling correlation coefficients are lower than the values expected under the influence of autosomal genes. Estimates of heritability and components of phenotypic expression indicate that about 55% of the total variability in skin reflectance could be attributed to the influence of the additive genetic factors. There is no evidence of X-linkage in the inheritance of skin color.