Was skin cancer a selective force for black pigmentation in early hominin evolution?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1781, 2014, Pages

  Greaves, Mel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albino; Melanin; Skin cancer; UVB

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; CANCER; DATA SET; FITNESS; HOMINID; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALBINISM; ALBINO; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOMINID; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; UVB;

ALBINO; MELANIN; SKIN CANCER; UVB;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HOMINIDAE; MELANINS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SELECTION, GENETIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 84896894960     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2955     Document Type: Review

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