HUMAN-DIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION AND NEURAL CREST

Authors
IRMAK MK OZCAN O
Citation
Mk. Irmak et O. Ozcan, HUMAN-DIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION AND NEURAL CREST, Medical hypotheses, 48(5), 1997, pp. 407-410
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Medical hypotheses → ACNP
ISSN journal
03069877
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
407 - 410
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9877(1997)48:5<407:HEAANC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The relationship between anatomical/physiological traits, environmenta l adaptability and neural crest is described, and possible mechanisms leading to human diversity are suggested. It is concluded that environ mental adaptation seems to be limited to those structures of neural cr est origin.