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called albinism affects the
level of
melanin production in animals.
Pigmentation in
organisms serves many
biological purposes,
including camouflage, mimicry...
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Differences in skin
color among individuals is
caused by
variation in
pigmentation,
which is the
result of
genetics (inherited from one's
biological parents)...
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Light skin is a
human skin
color that has a low
level of
eumelanin pigmentation as an
adaptation to
environments of low UV radiation. Due to migrations...
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Pigmentation disorders are
disturbances of
human skin color.
There may be a loss or reduction,
which may be
related to loss of
melanocytes or the inability...
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color is a
polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the
pigmentation of the eye's iris and the frequency-dependence of the
scattering of light...
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Nipple pigmentation or
areolar pigmentation is
pigmentation (darkening) of the
nipple or areola. It is dose-dependently
induced as an
effect of estrogens...
- as greying, canities, or achromotrichia, is the
progressive loss of
pigmentation in the hair,
eventually turning the hair grey or
white which typically...
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Human hair
color is the
pigmentation of
human hair
follicles and
shafts due to two
types of melanin:
eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, the more melanin...
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prevent the
synthesis of
eumelanin or pheomelanin,
resulting in
reduced pigmentation. Type I
oculocutaneous albinism (OCA1a) is the form most
commonly recognised...
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carotene (found in carrots). A
particularly noticeable manifestation of
pigmentation in
plants is seen with
autumn leaf color, a
phenomenon that
affects the...
