Hereditas

Adaptation of human skin color in various populations

Skin color is a well-recognized adaptive trait and has been studied extensively in humans. Understanding the genetic basis of adaptation of skin color in various populations has many implications in human evolution and medicine. Impressive progress has been made recently to identify genes associated with skin color variation in a wide range of geographical and temporal populations. In this review, we discuss what is currently known about the genetics of skin color variation.

Aims and scope

Hereditas is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research and reviews across all areas of genetics and genomics. The journal will consider research from a broad range of disciplines including human and medical genetics, animal and plant genetics, microbial genetics, agriculture and bioinformatics. In addition, articles covering novel viral sequences are welcomed. Hereditas was founded in 1920, hence is one of the oldest journals in the field.

Previous content

Hereditas launched with BioMed Central in 2015, transferring from its previous publisher Wiley. All back content is available in the archive.

Editors-in-Chief

Stefan Baumgartner, Lund University
Yongyong Shi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Society information

The Mendelian Society of Lund was founded in 1910 and except for a short break during 1912-1916 has been active ever since. In 1920, the Society started to publish Hereditas, a scientific journal in genetics. In the post-genomic era, the scope of Hereditas has evolved to include any research on genomic analysis.

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Adaptation of human skin color in various populations

Aims and scope

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Identification of candidate genes involved in the sugar metabolism and accumulation during pear fruit post-harvest ripening of ‘Red Clapp’s Favorite’ (Pyrus communis L.) by transcriptome analysis

Mutations in the gene of the Gα subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein are the cause for the brachytic1 semi-dwarf phenotype in barley and applicable for practical breeding

MiRNAs of peripheral blood as the biomarker of schizophrenia

Genotypic and phenotypic evaluation of off-type grasses in hybrid Bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. x C. transvaalensis Burtt-Davy] putting greens using genotyping-by-sequencing and morphological characterization

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Analysis of genetic diversity of Tunisian caprifig (Ficus carica L.) accessions using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers

Genetic variation, population structure and linkage disequilibrium in Switchgrass with ISSR, SCoT and EST-SSR markers

Cloning and characterization of an ABA-independent DREB transcription factor gene, HcDREB2, in Hemarthria compressa

Leptin receptor gene polymorphisms and morbid obesity in Mexican patients

The Trp719Arg polymorphism of the KIF6 gene and coronary heart disease risk: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Investigating the genetics behind muscular dystrophy in dogs

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