Similar to the way humans get a tan, whales, too, have shown an increase in the pigment in their skin on sun exposure. Research published today in Nature journal, iScientific Reports/i, reveals that not only do some species of whales get darker with sun exposure, incurring DNA damage in their skin just like us, they also accumulate damage to the cells in the skin as they get older. Experts in the response of skin to UV radiation at Newcastle University, ...
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