skin pigmentation

collocation in English

meaningsofskinandpigmentation

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skin
noun
uk
/skɪn/us
/skɪn/
the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, ...
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pigmentation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌpɪɡ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌpɪɡ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/
the natural colour of something, usually a ...
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(Definition ofskinandpigmentationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The possibility of assortative mating inskinpigmentationhas attracted relatively few studies.
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Most of these factors in fact are more vital in deciding upon a mate thanskinpigmentation.
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Examination of the fundus did not reveal any obvious anomalies other than a somewhat darkened appearance overall despite lightskinpigmentation.
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But after social factors and physical characteristics have been taken into account, there may well be some small contribution to the variance in mate desirability made byskinpigmentation.
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Those who are questioned the most are the ones with a differentskinpigmentation.
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I understand, for example, that it will soon be possible to identify the gene that governsskinpigmentation.
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What was so disgraceful was the fact that the whole rationale of his speech was directed to the idea that people of a differentskinpigmentationare totally unassimilable.
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Other clinical features may include palmoplantar hyperkeratosis, nail dystrophy, intellectual deficit, disturbances ofskinpigmentation(perioral and periorbital hyperpigmentation, vitiligo, and perinevic leukoderma) and hypodontia.
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It occurs when melanocytes, the cells responsible forskinpigmentation, die or are unable to function.
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These essays included hair color, eye color, andskinpigmentation.
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The color is seen widely in nature, in wood, soil, and human hair color, eye color andskinpigmentation.
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They were people of average height andskinpigmentation, with either gray or brown eyes, and with mesocephalic skulls.
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In the tropics, natural selection favoured dark-skinned human populations as high levels ofskinpigmentation protected against the harmful effects of sunlight.
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Additionally, their control ofskinpigmentationis far superior to that of the chameleon.
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Skinpigmentationin human beings evolved primarily to regulate the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating the skin, controlling its biochemical effects.
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In addition, it has been observed that adult human females are considerably lighter inskinpigmentationthan males.
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It does not involve the underlyingskinpigmentationnor does it require exposure to ultraviolet light to initiate the color change.
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His skin was found to have a reduced (though not absent) melanocytes, the cells active inskinpigmentation.
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Other symptoms include fatigue, salt cravings, weight loss, and increasedskinpigmentation.
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He published work onskinpigmentation, cysteine metabolism and the carcinogenic nature of benzol and many more.
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