- The
pigmented layer of
retina or
retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the
pigmented cell layer just
outside the
neurosensory retina that
nourishes retinal...
- the
cells in the
basal layer of epidermis.
Although their size can vary,
melanocytes are
typically 7 μm in length. Both
lightly and
darkly pigmented skin...
- Chromatop****s are
cells that
produce color, of
which many
types are
pigment-containing
cells, or
groups of
cells,
found in a wide
range of
animals including...
-
Since all
pigment cell-types
differentiate from the same
multipotent precursor cell-type,
leucism can
cause the
reduction in all
types of
pigment. This is...
- An
ommatidium contains a
cluster of
photoreceptor cells surrounded by
support cells and
pigment cells. The
outer part of the
ommatidium is
overlaid with...
-
butterflies have
cells that
contain pigment as well. See
conjugated systems for
electron bond
chemistry that
causes these molecules to have
pigment. Heme/porphyrin-based:...
-
Oliphant LW (1987). "Pteridines and
purines as
major pigments of the
avian iris".
Pigment Cell Res. 1 (2): 129–31. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.1987.tb00401...
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among other functions provide the
pigments of many organisms.
Melanin pigments are
produced in a
specialized group of
cells known as melanocytes.
There are...
- products, and
pigment granules.
Examples of
inclusions are
glycogen granules in the
liver and
muscle cells,
lipid droplets in fat
cells,
pigment granules in...
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determined by the production, delivery, and
concentration of
melanin (a
pigment). It may be inherited, or
caused by
genetic mosaicism, chimerism, disease...
