Evidence That Loss-of-Function Filaggrin Gene Mutations Evolved in Northern Europeans to Favor Intracutaneous Vitamin D3 Production

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 388-396

  Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Bikle, Daniel D ^b   Elias, Peter M ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Filaggrin; Human evolution; Pigmentation; Skin color; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906069269     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-014-9282-7     Document Type: Article

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