gemini27
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i don't want this melanin issue to be the main issue here but i still contend that the amount (and type)of melanin a person has determines his color. read:
http://anthropology.si.edu/HumanOrigins/faq/race.htm
part of it reads:
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]"The color of a person's skin is the result of the amount of melanin pigment in the skin. More melanin means darker skin."
[/SIZE][/FONT]http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/skin_pigmentation_disorders.jsp
the above site is also very informative and has some notes on vitiligo which is helpful in understanding the disorder in plain terms. A note taken from the above site reads:
"Skin pigmentation disorders occur because the body produces either too much or too little melanin, a pigment that creates hair, skin, and eye color. Melanin protects the body by absorbing ultraviolet light."
i hope the above links give enlightenment
http://anthropology.si.edu/HumanOrigins/faq/race.htm
part of it reads:
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]"The color of a person's skin is the result of the amount of melanin pigment in the skin. More melanin means darker skin."
[/SIZE][/FONT]http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/skin_pigmentation_disorders.jsp
the above site is also very informative and has some notes on vitiligo which is helpful in understanding the disorder in plain terms. A note taken from the above site reads:
"Skin pigmentation disorders occur because the body produces either too much or too little melanin, a pigment that creates hair, skin, and eye color. Melanin protects the body by absorbing ultraviolet light."
i hope the above links give enlightenment
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