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- known as melanocytes. There are five basic types of melanin: eumelanin, pheomelanin, neuromelanin, allomelanin and pyomelanin. Melanin is produced through...
- hair follicles and shafts due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, the more melanin present, the darker the hair. Its tone depends...
- and expression of two pigments, eumelanin (brown or black pigment) and pheomelanin (yellow to red pigment), in the fur and skin of the dog. The recognized...
- color of their fur. The white fur is caused by a lack of the pigment pheomelanin, which is found in Bengal tigers with orange color fur. When compared...
- chemical pigments that cause the coloration of auburn hair are frequently pheomelanin with high levels of eumelanin.[citation needed] "Auburn" can be used...
- mixture of black-brown eumelanin and red-yellow pheomelanin. Eumelanin is less chemically stable than pheomelanin and breaks down faster when oxidized. The...
- eumelanin instead of pheomelanin pigment. Eumelanin is typically black, but may instead be brown, dark gray, or light gray-brown. Pheomelanin ranges in color...
- strawberry blond. Characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin, it is typically...
- skin of mammals. There are two chemically distinct types of melanin: pheomelanin, which is a red to yellow color, and eumelanin, which is brown to black...
- levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin. Brown hair is common among po****tions in the Western world, especially...