Blond as a window to ancient pigmentation variation
Blond hair is relatively common in island Melanesia, even though the skin pigmentation of Melanesian peoples is relatively dark. Eimear Kenny and colleagues ...
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Baldness genetics
I’ve been doing some literature research on the genetics of baldness. Yes, I’m trying to work out what we can say about Neandertal phenotypes, if you’re wond...
Dog won't hunt
Jerry Coyne points to the extreme changes made possible by artificial breeding of dogs within the last 150 years: “Dog breeding: the debasement of the Americ...