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Melanin is a very useful molecule in multiple contexts and originates from tyrosine, one of the 20 amino acids universal in life.
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Melanin is known to also convert different types of energy into other forms of energy.
Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002
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Melanin is a hormone which links the creativity, with visuo-spatial mechanics, with logic, and awareness.
Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002
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After that, the George Washington University history professor will hurry off to her own pavilion to read from her latest book, "Parallel Worlds: The Remarkable Gibbs-Hunts and the Enduring (In) significance of Melanin," about a family (cousins of Adele's) who used education to help escape the strictures of race and become diplomats in the early 20th century.
Blood and ink relations: National Book Festival's Adele and Elizabeth Alexander Lonnae O'Neal Parker 2010
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Melanin, the pigment inside melanosomes, helps feathers resist breakage.
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Melanin-containing fungi exposed to the radiation – even when nutrient-starved on purpose – grew significantly larger and up to 2.5 times faster than fungi without melanin and those not exposed to radiation.
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The reason my Bride is blonde, is to contrast the iconic image of the movie's version, and also to play on the idea of the body's low Melanin levels.
Boing Boing 2008
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Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.
paraphenylenediamine rhymes with ... The Verger 2009
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Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.
Archive 2009-02-01 The Verger 2009
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But since we can define terms to be offensive now, I hereby declare “Caucasian” and “white” to be offensive, and prefer the more appropriate racial classification “Melanin-Impaired”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Buddhists and Moslems arm against terrorists: 2009
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