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Question:

What accounts for the variations of skin color amongst people of different ethnicities?

Answer:

The number of melanocytes is somewhat consistent genetically amongst all people of any race, the difference is in the amount of melanin that is actually produced by the melanocytes.

Therefore, the cell number is similar but the amount of pigment produced varies.