Genetic Variation at the MC1R Locus and the Time since Loss of Human Body Hair

2004/01/05 by Alan R. Rogers, Alan R. Rogers, David Iltis +1 · 26 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #Forensic and Genetic Research #Diverse Musicological Studies #Hair Growth and Disorders

paper · doi:10.1086/381006

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• The Evolutionary History of Human Skin Pigmentation
• The Evolution of Human Skin and Skin Color
• Dark Skin Evolution in Early Humans: Revisiting the Skin Cancer Hypothesis Through Migration-Related Mismatch
• Using drift coefficients as a basis for inferring times, effective population sizes, and genetic adaptations
• Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood
• Neandertal Cold Adaptation: Technological, Anatomical, and Physiological Responses to Cold Stress in One of Our Closest Fossil Relatives
• Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihoods
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• Skin cancer was not a potent selective force in the evolution of protective pigmentation in early hominins. [europepmc]
• MC1R diversity in Northern Island Melanesia has not been constrained by strong purifying selection and cannot explain pigmentation phenotype variation in the region. [europepmc]
• The colours of humanity: the evolution of pigmentation in the human lineage. [europepmc]
• Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations. [europepmc]
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• Evolution, Prehistory and Vitamin D. [europepmc]
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• Ticks, Hair Loss, and Non-Clinging Babies: A Novel Tick-Based Hypothesis for the Evolutionary Divergence of Humans and Chimpanzees. [europepmc]
• Dark Skin Evolution in Early Humans: Revisiting the Skin Cancer Hypothesis Through Migration-Related Mismatch. [europepmc]
• Using drift coefficients as a basis for inferring times, effective population sizes, and genetic adaptations. [europepmc]