Evolutionary biology - Geography and skin colour

被引:52
作者
Diamond, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Geog, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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10.1038/435283a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Human skin comes in many different shades. Recent studies of geographical differences in skin colour open up the subject scientifically by offering sophisticated accounts of the basis of this variation.
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页码:283 / 284
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