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  • Title: The relation between melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) variation and the generation of phenotypic diversity in the cutaneous response to ultraviolet radiation.
    Author: Wong TH, Rees JL.
    Journal: Peptides; 2005 Oct; 26(10):1965-71. PubMed ID: 15963603.
    Abstract:
    The melanocortin 1 receptor (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. Thus, a range of mutations at a single receptor locus can lead to a complex range of graded phenotypes.
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