eumelanin

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Black pigs overproduce eumelanin, for example, and pink pigs stop making melanin altogether, resulting in a "default" pink colour.

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  • Not sure how replacing vagina with black eumelanin keeps the post relevant in any way. —  Planet GNOME
  • In each species, the gene governs coat colour by dictating the balance between production of dark coloured eumelanin and red-yellow coloured pheomelanin. —  New Scientist - Online News
  • Black pigs overproduce eumelanin, for example, and pink pigs stop making melanin altogether, resulting in a "default" pink colour. —  New Scientist - Online News
  • Within this family, it is eumelanin that corresponds to the black and brown hair shades, and phaeomelanin that corresponds to shades of red. —  The World's Healthiest Foods
  • So, if you have a variant of the MC1R gene that turns off the receptor, the pigment eumelanin will not be made and you will have red hair and fair skin. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
 

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