Racial differences in pigmentation and natural selection.

Annals of Human Genetics
M S Deol

Abstract

The inheritance of skin colour in man is not well understood. A clearer understanding could be obtained by taking into account the biological basis and genetical control of pigmentation in other mammals, particularly the experimental species. In these, most of the loci governing pigmentation are pleiotropic, colour being only one of the traits affected by them. Their products are evidently concerned with other metabolic pathways as well. There is strong evidence for inter-specific homology of pigmentation loci in mammals, and the situation in man may not be radically different. It is therefore possible that racial differences in skin colour may have resulted from the action of natural selection on these other functions of pigmentation genes.

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Jun 11, 2009·Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research·Peter M EliasJohn Jack W Williams
Feb 28, 2014·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Mel Greaves
Jan 2, 2003·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Flavia C ParraSérgio D J Pena
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Nov 7, 2013·Journal of Evolutionary Biology·R A Sánchez-GuillénM Wellenreuther
Aug 16, 2017·Ecology and Evolution·Rosa A Sánchez-GuillénAdolfo Cordero-Rivera
Sep 24, 2004·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·George Chaplin

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