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Pigmentation

pigmentation

1. The deposition of colouring matter, the colouration or discolouration of a part by pigment.

2. Colouration, especially abnormally increased colouration, by melanin.


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Genomic Imprinting In Humans (and classical genetics)

... I know it's parent-specific gene expression, but my question is, what is the difference between it and normal expression? eg//ALBINISM AA-Normal pigmentation Aa-Carrier but no albino phenotype aa-Albinism In genomic imprinting, it says that one allele is masked by the other one, but isn't that ...

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by stevoevo22
Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:14 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Genomic Imprinting In Humans (and classical genetics)
Replies: 7
Views: 347

i confused to identify my new isolate..

I have worked with a different bacteria that produces the same pigment, it tends to lose its pigmentation over time from my experiences. It could also be to do with the media that you are growing it on see if the pigmentation is stronger on various media if you haven't ...

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by stopherlogic
Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:24 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: i confused to identify my new isolate..
Replies: 2
Views: 296

i confused to identify my new isolate..

... so, i google some informations about this bacteria..what make me confuse now is all the informations i got told me this bacteria has purple pigmentation due to violacein it produces. but, my bacteria showed pinkish pigmentation..I've done biochemical test for 3 times and it give me the same ...

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by azarulez
Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:16 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: i confused to identify my new isolate..
Replies: 2
Views: 296

So, is this how Eye Color Would Work?

... are going unexpressed. Green eye color may be a mutant form of the melanin which produces brown and hazel eyes, but at the very least it is a pigmentation, and blue/gray eyes are usually results of lacking pigment. The days when I remember noticing changes in my eye color I had always been ...

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by 5FeJuggernaut
Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:57 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: So, is this how Eye Color Would Work?
Replies: 2
Views: 1308

Help identifying this mammal

Interesting, except it has pigmentation in its fur, ruling out it being albino. Found in Southeast China? Well the red panda is endemic to that area. The tail does not have a ring pattern (as far as I can tell in this picture) and red ...

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by Darwin420
Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:59 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Help identifying this mammal
Replies: 2
Views: 1326
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