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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2014 May 12;27(4):552–564. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12253

Table 1. Skin, hair and eye colour distribution for each TYR haplotype.

TYR phasea TYR proteinb Allele Strengthc Proposed Frequency (95% CI) % Penetrance Skind % Penetrance Haire % Penetrance Eyef
Fair Medium Olive/ dark Red Fair/ blond Light brown Dark brown Black Blue Green Brown
1-1 S-R 3 0.35 (0.34-0.37) 46 41 14 7 15 33 38 7 39 35 26
2-1 Y-R 2 0.32 (0.31-0.34) 50 42 9 7 18 36 36 4 44 33 23
1-2 S-Q 1 0.30 (0.29-0.31) 55 38 7 7 18 35 36 4 51 30 20
2-2 Y-Q 0 0.019 (0.016-0.023) 64 31 5 8 22 41 25 5 61 021 17
a

Designated for rs1042602*C/A = 1/2 - rs1126809*G/A = 1/2

b

Protein phases designated at S192Y-R402Q as 192S = 1, 192Y = 2; 402R = 1, 402Q = 2

c

Based on a four point scale S-R = 3, Y-R =2, S-Q =1, Y-Q = 0

d

Sample set of 5,394 for skin colour,

e

Sample set of 5,393 for hair colour,

f

Sample set of 4,942 for eye colour, in BTNS and/or melanoma cases in which haplotype phase was predicted from the MENDEL program