A melanocortin 1 receptor allele suggests varying pigmentation among Neanderthals.

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Published in Science on October 25, 2007

Authors

Carles Lalueza-Fox1, Holger Römpler, David Caramelli, Claudia Stäubert, Giulio Catalano, David Hughes, Nadin Rohland, Elena Pilli, Laura Longo, Silvana Condemi, Marco de la Rasilla, Javier Fortea, Antonio Rosas, Mark Stoneking, Torsten Schöneberg, Jaume Bertranpetit, Michael Hofreiter

Author Affiliations

1: Departament de Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. clalueza@ub.edu

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