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Skin and hair pigmentation variation in Island Melanesia.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jun 2006

Norton Heather L, Friedlaender Jonathan S, Merriwether D Andrew, Koki George, Mgone Charles S, Shriver Mark D

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Skin and hair pigmentation are two of the most easily visible examples of human phenotypic variation. Selection-based explanations for pigmentation variation in humans have focused on the relationship between melanin and ultraviolet radiation, which is largely dependent on latitude. In this study, skin and hair pigmentation were measured as the melanin (M) index, using narrow-band reflectance spectroscopy for...

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PMID: 16374866
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20343

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