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melanin
US /ˈmɛlənɪn/
・UK /ˈmelənɪn/
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n. (u.)Uncountable NounPigment giving color to skin, hair etc.
Different types of melanin correspond to different skin tones in humans
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11 Things That Can Change Your Eye Color
- And melanocytes aren't just in your eyes; they make melanin all throughout your body.
And melanocytes aren't just in your eyes; they make melanin all throughout your body.
- They make melanin all throughout your body.
They make melanin all throughout your body.
What If We Swallowed A Hair? | Hairs In Our Stomach | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz
- Also, the color of hair depends on how much melanin each strand has.
Also, the color of hair depends on how much melanin each strand has.
- Also, the color of hair depends on how much melanin each strand has.
Also, the color of hair depends on how much melanin each strand has.
The Hunt for the Blackest Black
- Humans used other pigments in art, such as squid ink, and that mostly gets its color from complex molecules called melanin.
Humans used other pigments in art, such as squid ink, and that mostly gets its color from complex molecules called melanin.
- and that mostly gets its color from complex molecules called melanin.
and that mostly gets its color from complex molecules called melanin.
頭からつま先までの老化現象はいかにして起こるか | WIRED Japan
- The gray comes because we lose melanin.
The gray comes because we lose melanin.
遺伝子の研究者だけど質問ある？ | Tech Support | WIRED Japan
- OCA2 is responsible for a protein called melanin in our eyes.
OCA2 is responsible for a protein called melanin in our eyes.
- OCA2 is responsible for a protein called melanin in our eyes.
OCA2 is responsible for a protein called melanin in our eyes.
皮膚科医だけど質問ある？【PART2】 | Tech Support | WIRED Japan
- Freckles are little blotches of melanin, which is basically the pigment of the skin.
Freckles are little blotches of melanin, which is basically the pigment of the skin.
- Freckles are little blotches of melanin, which is basically the pigment of the skin.
Freckles are little blotches of melanin, which is basically the pigment of the skin.
16 Superpowers You Didn't Know You Had
- It is explained by melanin which is responsible for the eye colour. The more melanin the cornea has the darker the eyes are
It is explained by melanin which is responsible for the eye colour. The more melanin the cornea has the darker the eyes are
What Really Causes Sunburns?
- When UV radiation hits your skin, pigments called melanin absorb it, and shield your DNA from harm.
When UV radiation hits your skin, pigments called melanin absorb it, and shield your DNA from harm.
- Now, melanin is present in our skin cells all the time—it’s what gives your skin its particular color.
Now, melanin is present in our skin cells all the time—it’s what gives your skin its particular color.
EYE COLOR - Why do we have different color eyes?
- This gene mutation affects the OCA2 gene and reduces the melanin production in the colored part of the eye, called the iris.
This gene mutation affects the OCA2 gene and reduces the melanin production in the colored part of the eye, called the iris.
- Melanin is a pigment, and the amount of it in our eyes is what gives them their color.
Melanin is a pigment, and the amount of it in our eyes is what gives them their color.
眼科医だけど質問ある？| Tech Support | WIRED Japan
- The reason why people have different eye colors is the amount of melanin or pigment in their iris, which is the colored part of the eye.
The reason why people have different eye colors is the amount of melanin or pigment in their iris, which is the colored part of the eye.
- So people with blue eyes have less melanin, and people with brown eyes have more melanin.
So people with blue eyes have less melanin, and people with brown eyes have more melanin.