BIO 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Melanin, Dark Skin, Melanosome

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It can lead to other diseases such as cancer: melanin protects the nucleus which is needed for our genetic codes as it stores it. Melanin production: the cells in our epidermis is common to us, but they don"t produce the same amount of melanosomes or same density. Freckles and liver spots: freckles, liver spots generally just darker patches of pigmentation means a lifetime interaction with uv radiation. Solar radiation: the orign of dark skin is where there is higher regions of solar radion so darer skin. Mostly because our ancestors reasonably adapted to their local environment: travelling, sun tanning (cosmetic purposes) are the reasons these are. Dark skin was essential for folate, and reproductive success. Vitamin d rich food: the people above the earth"s equator need vitamin d as they don"t synthesize enough (low uvr to them) so they ate some food. Human skin: the whole greater story that humans lost their fur, which also makes us human.

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