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Description: Evolutionary model of human pigmentation in three continental populations. The rooted tree shows the genetic phylogeny of human populations from Africa, North Europe and East Asia, with the colors of the branches roughly indicating the generalized skin pigmetation level of these populations (adapted from McEvoy et al. (2006)).
Title: Evolutionary model of human pigmentation in three continental populations
Credit: https://hereditasjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41065-017-0036-2
Author: Lian Deng & Shuhua Xu
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