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Approaches to understanding adaptations of skin color variation by detecting gene–environment interactions

Sumiko Anno Shibaura Institute of Technology, 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan. [email protected]
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Kazuhiko Ohshima Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
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Takashi Abe Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
Pages 987-991 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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