Rapid evolution of a skin-lightening allele in southern African KhoeSan

Skin pigmentation is under strong directional selection in northern European and Asian populations. The indigenous KhoeSan populations of far southern Africa have lighter skin than other sub-Saharan African populations, potentially reflecting local adaptation to a region of Africa with reduced UV ra...

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Pubblicato in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Autori principali: Lin, Meng, Siford, Rebecca L., Martin, Alicia R., Nakagome, Shigeki, Möller, Marlo, Hoal, Eileen G., Bustamante, Carlos D., Gignoux, Christopher R., Henn, Brenna M.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Biological Sciences
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310813/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30530665
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801948115
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