Basis for the gain and subsequent dilution of epidermal pigmentation during human evolution: The barrier and metabolic conservation hypotheses revisited

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-207

  Elias, Peter M ^a,b   Williams, Mary L ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

barrier function; filaggrin; melanocytes; metabolic conservation; pH; pigmentation; urocanic acid; UV B; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; FOLIC ACID; MELANIN;

ACIDITY; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN EUROPEAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 84988028277     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23030     Document Type: Article

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