Melanin

Melanin

The pigment occurring in plants, animals, and protista. It is responsible for skin and hair pigmentation. Two forms of melanin, eumelanin and phaeomelanin, determine the colour of human hair.

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melanin

Personal care products; Skin care

Melanin is the dark pigment in hair and skin.

melanin

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pigment in the skin of animals which determines skin and coat color. It is found in two chemically different forms: eumelanin (which produces brown and black) and phaeomelanin ...

melanin

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The brown-black pigment found in the skin, eyes, and hair.

melanin

Biology; Cell biology

A pigment that gives the skin color and protects the underlying layers against damage by ultraviolet light; produced by melanocytes in the inner layer of the epidermis.

melanin

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Pigment, as typically produced by specialised epidermal cells called melanocytes.

melanin

Biology; Biochemistry

A dark chemical compound that gives color to the skin, hair, scales, feathers, and eyes of animals.

personal service

Legal services; DNA forensics

Delivering a summons, complaint, notice to quit tenancy or other legal document which must be served by handing it directly to the person named in the document. The delivery of ...

phenol

Legal services; DNA forensics

A chemical used in organic extraction. Polysaccharides and proteins are soluble in phenol, allowing for their separation from DNA. C6H5OH. See figure to the right.

phenotype

Legal services; DNA forensics

The detectable outward manifestations of a specific genotype; the physical characteristics of a living object.

pigmentation

Legal services; DNA forensics

Coloration or discoloration by formation or deposition of pigment in the tissues. In a forensic hair examination, the description of the aggregation, distribution, and density of ...

pili annulati

Legal services; DNA forensics

Pili annulati is a hair disorder that results in ringed or banded hair, alternating bright and dark bands in the hair shaft. The dark bands are a manifestation of the abnormal air ...