The rs387907171 SNP in TYRP1 is not associated with blond hair color on the Island of Bougainville

Abstract

The rs387907171 SNP exhibits strong allele frequency differences among islands in Northern Island Melanesia. Its absence from Bougainville, as well as the weak association with decreased hair color, indicates that additional alleles contribute to the blondism phenotype. Its geographic distribution suggests that a Lapita-mediated model for the dispersal of the derived allele at rs387907171 remains a viable evolutionary scenario. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 28:431-435, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.