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  • noun A brown pigment produced by melanocytes

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Examples

  • Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.

    Archive 2009-02-01 The Verger 2009

  • Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.

    paraphenylenediamine rhymes with ... The Verger 2009

  • You can tell just by looking at your friend that she has high levels of pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the pigment eumelanin.

    Wired Top Stories Ken Denmead 2011

  • A certain type of plumage coloring, pheomelanin which is a reddish color requires the use of a chemical called glutathione.

    Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

  • These and most studies on animal pigmentation to date have focused on the melanin system, in which specialized cells known as melanocytes produce either of two pigments-eumelanin or pheomelanin-resulting in different tone and colour of skin, hair and feathers.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pontus Skoglund et al. 2010

  • However, if someone has high levels of pheomelanin, she will have light hair and dark hair if their pheomelanin levels are low.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Thge varied colors of the iris are a result of the amounts of eumelanin ansd pheomelanin produced by the melanocytes.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Janell.ross 2010

  • The achievement of color for blondes and red-head is made possible by pheomelanin.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • High concentration of eumelanin leads to a dark appearance, whereas pheomelanin usually results in a brown or reddish phenotype.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pontus Skoglund et al. 2010

  • In each species, the gene governs coat colour by dictating the balance between production of dark coloured eumelanin and red-yellow coloured pheomelanin.

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

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