Recent research suggests that another key factor explaining the geographic distribution of skin color involves the effects of UV on folate,

A) an essential nutrient that the human body manufactures from folic acid and that plays a key role in preventing neural tube defects.
B) an essential nutrient that promotes healthy spermatogenesis and that requires UV for its proper production and absorption in the body.
C) an essential nutrient that helps prevent rickets.
D) an essential nutrient that, if produced in excess, causes neural tube defects in human embryos.
E) an essential nutrient that promotes the production of melanin.


Ans: A) an essential nutrient that the human body manufactures from folic acid and that plays a key role in preventing neural tube defects.

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