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Scientists Find DNA Change That Accounts For White Skin
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 Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject: Scientists Find DNA Change That Accounts For White Skin |
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Scientists Find Gene That Makes People Brown or White
ABCNews.com
by Amanda Onion
Dec. 14, 2005 — In a discovery that begins to shed light on what makes one person brown and another white, scientists have identified a gene that appears to be a key player in human pigmentation.
People share 99.9 percent of the same genes, yet pinpointing the very minor genetic variations that cause skin-color differences long has been a mystery to scientists. This discovery, published in the journal Science, marks a significant step toward understanding what's behind the panoply of human skin tones. |
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1408890 |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| The article is pretty interesting, and it half-answers a question that I've always had; that is, how did white-skinned people come about. The other part to that question is why are their only indigenious populations in Europe and central Asia? |
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