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PROBLEM:<br />

Sun burn and skin cancer are not thought to affect<br />

reproductive success. So what is the evolutionary<br />

pressure selecting for skin color correlation with UV<br />

exposure<br />

Competing Nutrient Hypothesis of Skin Color<br />

Folate<br />

UV<br />

Previtamin D<br />

Jablonski and Chaplin, J Human Evolution 39:57, 2000<br />

NCI REB <strong>Radiation</strong> Epidemiology Course, May 14, 2007<br />

TJJ

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