melanin pigment

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melanin
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmel.ə.nɪn/us
/ˈmel.ə.nɪn/
a dark brown pigment (= substance that gives colour), found in eyes, skin, hair, feathers, etc. It helps to protect the skin against harmful light from ...
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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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This lack of generality stands contrary to the proposed role ofmelaninpigmentin retinal development and thus militates against this mechanism.
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This combination appears to result in the complete suppression of themelaninpigmentin all the feathers, yet leaves the eyes jet-black.
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It is the only part of the brain that carriesmelaninpigment.
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That is, the presence of a single wild-type allele is sufficient to permit the full production and normal distribution of the blackmelaninpigment.
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The quantity ofmelaninpigmentin the iris is one factor in determining the phenotypic eye color of a person.
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It is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a congenital reduction or absence ofmelaninpigmentin the skin, hair, and eyes.
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Like many budgerigar mutations, it is the blackmelaninpigmentthat is affected.
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These external factors basically damage the cells beneath skin, which producemelaninpigment.
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Such patches are devoid of the blackmelaninpigmentand show just the ground colouryellow in green-series birds and white in blue-series.
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Such patches are completely devoid of blackmelaninpigment.
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With light skin color, the lip skin contains fewer melanocytes (cells which producemelaninpigment, which give skin its color).
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Its colour stems from the deposition ofmelaninpigment.
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Its effect is to inhibit the production of themelaninpigmentwhich is normally present in all feather barbs in either the medullary or cortical cells or both.
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Most of the light is absorbed by melanin pigments in the pigment epithelium just behind the photoreceptors, and causes burns in the retina.
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A deficiency in or total absence of melanin pigments is called amelanism.
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