University of Edinburgh

A range of single receptor locus mutations can produce a range of phenotypes

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, December 16th, 2005

A recent report describes the relation between melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) variation and the generation of phenotypic diversity in the cutaneous response to ultraviolet radiation.

"MC1R is known to play an important role in determining physiological variation in human pigmentation, and consequently human susceptibility to ultraviolet radiation."

"A reason for wider interest is that the considerable phenotypic diversity has been in part generated by the effects of gene dosage, and the presence of a large number of mutations at this G-protein coupled receptor that are not functionally equivalent," wrote T.H. Wong and colleagues of the University of...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2005-12-16)

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