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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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1. Verfasser: Greaves, Mel
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 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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