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DnaTube.com - Scientific Video Site. Why are we different colors? The most striking difference among human populations, or “races” (a loaded term that I discuss in WEIT), is skin color.

Why are we different colors?

As we all know, and as the following diagram shows, populations from tropical areas have darker skin than do populations from higher latitudes: Fig. 1. Distribution of skin pigmentation among human populations (from Encylopedia Brittanica)

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Please copy the text in the edit box below and insert it manually by editing this page. Upon submitting the note will be published multi-licensed under the terms of the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license and of the GFDL, versions 1.2, 1.3, or any later version. Indoor Tanning and Risk of Melanoma: A Case-Control Study in a H. Ultraviolet A does not induce melanomas in a Xiphophorus hybrid. Author Affiliations Edited* by James E.

Ultraviolet A does not induce melanomas in a Xiphophorus hybrid

Cleaver, University of California, San Francisco, CA, and approved April 13, 2010 (received for review January 8, 2010) Gene ID Converter.

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