Comment on: The Vitamin D⁻Folate Hypothesis as an Evolutionary Model for Skin Pigmentation: An Update and Integration of Current Ideas, Nutrients 2018, 10, 554

Peter M Elias; Mary L Williams

doi:10.3390/nu10111753

Comment on: The Vitamin D⁻Folate Hypothesis as an Evolutionary Model for Skin Pigmentation: An Update and Integration of Current Ideas, Nutrients 2018, 10, 554

Nutrients. 2018 Nov 14;10(11):1753. doi: 10.3390/nu10111753.

Authors

Peter M Elias¹, Mary L Williams²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. [email protected].
² Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. [email protected].

Abstract

In response to a recent article by Jones et al. (Nutrients 10: 554⁻568, 2018) [1], we agree that three distinctive features evolved in Homo erectus prior to the emergence of modern humans.[...].

Keywords: Evolution; folic acid; pigmentation; skin; ultraviolet irradiation; vitamin D.

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Folic Acid / metabolism*
Humans
Skin Pigmentation / genetics*
Skin Pigmentation / physiology*
Vitamin D / metabolism*

Substances

Vitamin D
Folic Acid

Abstract

MeSH terms

Substances

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