Diet, disease and pigment variation in humans

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-367

  Khan, R ^a   Khan, B S Razib ^a  

^a Unz Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPIGMENTATION; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DENSITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77955564678     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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