Animal patterns... return of Turing

Science News has a cover story about animal patterns, including a discussion about how Turin might have been wrong...and right. - also mentions a recent study in PLoS Genetics on pigment cell migration and the gene basonuclin-2.

Human skin pigmentation as an adaptation to UV radiation

Here is a recent review article (I think submitted as part of a symposium collection) in PNAS by Jablonski & Chaplin on tanning and UV radiation