Human pigmentation: A side effect adapted from a primitive organism's survival, acting through cell attachment with an affinity for the keratinocyte and for elastin: Part I

• Autores principales: Sanju Arianayagam (Autor), Terence J Ryan (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Pigmentation featured millions of years ago and perhaps began with an amoeba frightening off a predator with some agent such as dopamine to prevent its attachment for phagocytosis by an enemy. This paper suggests that the environmental forces of grip and stick deserve greater emphasis and that mecha...