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Evolutionary Medicine of Skin Cancer Risk Among Europeans
Description: The proclivity of Spaniards to bask in regions like the Costa del Sol while their northern European counterparts must stay under cover to protect their paler skin or risk skin cancer is due in large part to the pigment producing qualities of the MC1R gene locus. Using data from the 1,000 Genomes Project as well as samples from different regions of Spain, researchers show that selection for the MC1R locus is strong in South Europeans, but not the case for Northern Europeans. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917181230.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 9/17/2013
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