• Question: how is all our skin colors different

    Asked by maizy to Ajay, Reka, Kate, Kuntal, Pip on 14 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Preety11, super star, S.k superstar, Riddi5.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 14 Nov 2016:

      It’s got to do with genetics – while we all have the same 23,000-ish genes, these differ slightly as they contain some typos, called mutations or variants.
      People with darker skin tend to have more variants that increase the amount of pigments are made in their skin, whereas people with lighter skin lack these.

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