CARTA: Unique Features of Human Skin – Ecology and Evolution of the Skin Microbiome; Of Lice and Men: The Molecular Evolution of Human Lice; Subcutaneous Fat in Humans

12/30/2015; 58 minutes

This symposium brings together scientists representing evolutionary biology, genetics, dermatology, anthropology, and physiology to share their knowledge and questions about human skin in an explicitly evolutionary framework. UC San Diego's Rob Knight begins with a discussion about Ecology and Evolution of the Skin Microbiome, followed by Mark Stoneking on Of Lice and Men: The Molecular Evolution of Human Lice, and Chris Kuzawa on Subcutaneous Fat in Humans. (#30207)

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