pigment cell

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pigment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/us
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
a substance that gives something a particular colour when it is present in it or is added ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofpigmentandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Humans have only one class ofpigmentcell, the mammalian equivalent of melanophores, to generate skin, hair, and eye colour.
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Increase in glutathione level may induce thepigmentcellto produce pheomelanin instead of eumelanin pigments.
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Since allpigmentcell-types differentiate from the same multipotent precursor cell-type, leucism can cause the reduction in all types of pigment.
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Eachpigmentcellis situated at the apex of the hexagons and thus lines the outside of three ommatidia.
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I t is also still possible that anti-melanocyte antibodies arise from an immune reaction to damaged pigment cells but play no part in vitiligo aetiology.
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This might then amplify the damage to pigment cells.
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That extracutaneous melanocytes can be affected in some vitiligo patients suggests that systemic immunological reactions directed a t pigment cells might play a part in the development of the disease.
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The retina comprises numerous pigment cells and photoreceptors; the latter are easily modified flagellated cells, whose flagellum membranes carry a photosensitive pigment on their surface.
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An ommatidium contains a cluster of photoreceptor cells surrounded by support cells and pigment cells.
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The varied and often vivid colours of echinoderms are produced by the action of skin pigment cells.
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Dominant white horses do not have pigment cells, and thus no pigment, in the skin or coat.
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Skin color changes as the larvae develop and pigment cells migrate and concentrate in different regions of the body.
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At this time, hogs can not be successfully freeze branded, as their hair pigment cells are better protected.
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In intermediate cases, melanocyte migration is slowed, so that the pigment cells arrive late in development and have less time to intermingle.
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Liver pigment cells play an important role in scavenging ions and free radicals in the newt, including the uptake of oxygen.
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The presence of retinal pigment cells invariable indicates proliferative retinopathy and is only seen in association with a retinal detachment or tear.
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The sclera, like the cornea, contains a basal endothelium, above which there is the lamina fusca, containing a high count of pigment cells.
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Dominant white is caused by the absence of pigment cells (melanocytes), whereas albino animals have a normal distribution of melanocytes.
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By analyzing the fossilized melanosomes (pigment cells) in the fossil with scanning electron microscope techniques, the researchers compared their arrangements to those of modern birds.
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