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A Scan for Signatures of Positive Selection in Candidate Loci for Skin Pigmentation in Humans

6 Jun 2006

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Although the combination of pale skin and intense sun exposure results in an important health risk for the individual, it is less clear if at the population level this risk has possessed an evolutionary meaning. In this sense, a number of adaptive hypotheses have been put forward to explain the evolution of human skin pigmentation, such as photoprotection against sun-induced cancer, sexual selection, vitamin D...

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PMID: 16757656
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl030

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