title: Estimating the number of loci determining skin colour in a hybrid population.
abstract: A model developed by Stern to estimate the number of loci determining human skin colour in African-European hybrid populations is tested on recently collected reflectance data. Despite improved measurement scales and admixture estimates, and the use of statistical goodness-of-fit tests, contradictory results are obtained. It is shown that previous authors' use of visual inspection to compare expected and observed phenotype distributions introduced considerable bias into their results.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D044383:Black People; D002489:Central America; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010641:Phenotype; D012880:Skin Pigmentation
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers