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Variations in Skin Tone Correlate with a Balance Between These

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Variations in skin tone correlate with a balance between these two vitamins.


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Genes

Segments of DNA that encode for proteins and determine the traits and characteristics of organisms.

Nucleosomes

Nucleosomes are the basic structural unit of DNA packaging in eukaryotic cells, composed of a segment of DNA wound around a core of histone proteins.

Histones

Small, positively charged (basic) proteins in the cell nucleus that bind to the negatively charged DNA. See nucleosomes.

Somatic Cell

In animals, a cell of the body not involved in formation of gametes. Compare with germ line cell.

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