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Human pigmentation: A side effect adapted from a primitive organism′s survival, acting through cell attachment with an affinity for the keratinocyte and for elastin: Part I

Pigmentation featured millions of years ago and perhaps began with an amoeba frightening off a predator with some agent such as dopamine to prevent its attachment for phagocytosis by an enemy. This paper suggests that the environmental forces of grip and stick deserve greater emphasis and that mecha...

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Main Authors: Sanju Arianayagam, Terence J Ryan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Dermatology Online Journal
Subjects:
Evolution
keratinocyte
melanocyte
pigmentation
skin color
Online Access:http://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2014;volume=5;issue=2;spage=201;epage=209;aulast=Arianayagam
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