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Was skin cancer a selective force for black pigmentation in early hominin evolution?
Melanin provides a crucial filter for solar UV radiation and its genetically determined variation influences both skin pigmentation and risk of cancer. Genetic evidence suggests that the acquisition of a highly stable melanocortin 1 receptor allele promoting black pigmentation arose around the time...
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Sprache: | Inglês |
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The Royal Society
2014
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| Online Zugang: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953838/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24573849 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2955 |
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