Skin Color Variation in Orang Asli Tribes of Peninsular Malaysia

Khai C. Ang; Mee S. Ngu; Katherine P. Reid; Mei S. Teh; Zamzuraida S. Aida; Danny XR. Koh; Arthur Berg; Stephen Oppenheimer; Hood Salleh; Mahani M. Clyde; Badrul M. Md-Zain; Victor A. Canfield; Keith C. Cheng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042752

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Skin Color Variation in Orang Asli Tribes of Peninsular Malaysia

Khai C. Ang ,

* E-mail: khaichung@gmail.com (KCA); kcheng76@gmail.com (KCC)

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology & Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Mee S. Ngu,

Affiliation School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Katherine P. Reid,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology & Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Mei S. Teh,

Affiliation School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Zamzuraida S. Aida,

Affiliation School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Danny XR. Koh,

Affiliation School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Arthur Berg,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Stephen Oppenheimer,

Affiliation Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Hood Salleh,

Affiliation Academic Heritage Museum, Chancellery Building, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Mahani M. Clyde,

Affiliation School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Badrul M. Md-Zain,

Affiliation School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Victor A. Canfield,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Keith C. Cheng

* E-mail: khaichung@gmail.com (KCA); kcheng76@gmail.com (KCC)

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology & Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Foundation, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Skin Color Variation in Orang Asli Tribes of Peninsular Malaysia

Khai C. Ang,
Mee S. Ngu,
Katherine P. Reid,
Mei S. Teh,
Zamzuraida S. Aida,
Danny XR. Koh,
Arthur Berg,
Stephen Oppenheimer,
Hood Salleh,
Mahani M. Clyde

Published: August 13, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042752

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Publisher's Note: Formatting error in equation.

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