Evolutionary and biomedical consequences of internal melanins

Pro-opiomelanocortin gene and melanin-based colour polymorphism in a reptile

(2013) Anne-Lyse Ducrest et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Visceral colouration ofEupemphix nattereri(Anura: Leiuperidae): effects of NDP-α-melanocyte stimulating hormone

(2013) L. Franco-Belussi et al.   ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Macroanatomic, light and scanning electron microscopic studies of the pecten oculi in the stork (Ciconia ciconia)

(2013) Burcu Onuk et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Genetics and evolution of colour patterns in reptiles

(2013) Mats Olsson et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genetics of colouration in birds

(2013) Alexandre Roulin et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Inbreeding in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatusL.): effects on testis and sperm traits

(2012) Marion Mehlis et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Prevalence of congenital hereditary sensorineural deafness in Australian Cattle Dogs and associations with coat characteristics and sex

(2012) Susan F Sommerlad et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation secondary to external insult: an overview of the quantitative analysis of pigmentation

(2012) Sonia A. Lamel et al.   Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Pigmented paraganglioma of the kidney: a case report

(2012) Ling Zhao et al.   Diagnostic Pathology

Pigment-producing granulomatous myopathy in Atlantic salmon: A novel inflammatory response

(2012) Hilde A.S. Larsen et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Prophenoloxidase system and its role in shrimp immune responses against major pathogens

(2012) Piti Amparyup et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Novel properties of melanins include promotion of DNA strand breaks, impairment of repair, and reduced ability to damage DNA after quenching of singlet oxygen

(2012) Andréia Akemi Suzukawa et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

An ultraviolet-radiation-independent pathway to melanoma carcinogenesis in the red hair/fair skin background

(2012) Devarati Mitra et al.   NATURE

Condition-dependent expression of melanin-based coloration in the Eurasian kestrel

(2012) Romain Piault et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The UV-Absorption Spectrum of Human Iridal Melanosomes: A New Perspective on the Relative Absorption of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin and its Consequences†

(2012) Dana N. Peles et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

The Role of Alpha-Synuclein in Melanin Synthesis in Melanoma and Dopaminergic Neuronal Cells

(2012) Tianhong Pan et al.   PLoS One

Functional dissimilarity of melanomacrophage centres in the liver and spleen from females of the teleost fish Prochilodus argenteus

(2011) H. J. Ribeiro et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Chemical composition of melanosomes, lipofuscin and melanolipofuscin granules of human RPE tissues

(2011) Antje Biesemeier et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Melanin-based coloration is related to parasite intensity and cellular immune response in an urban free living bird: the feral pigeon Columba livia

(2011) Lisa Jacquin et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Testicular melanization has evolved in birds with high mtDNA mutation rates

(2011) I. GALVÁN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Hearing Loss Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Older Adults in the United States

(2011) F. R. Lin et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

The role of oxidative stress in neuromelanin synthesis in PC12 cells

(2011) A.-Y. He et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

A test of the relationship between cuticular melanism and immune function in wild-caught Mormon crickets

(2011) NATHAN W. BAILEY   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The Condition Dependence and Heritability of Signaling and Nonsignaling Color Traits in Paper Wasps

(2010) Elizabeth A. Tibbetts   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Peritoneal Melanosis Associated With Mucinous Cystadenoma of the Ovary and Adenocarcinoma of the Colon

(2010) Sung Sun Kim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY

Colour polymorphism and correlated characters: genetic mechanisms and evolution

(2010) JEFFREY S. MCKINNON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Human skin pigmentation as an adaptation to UV radiation

(2010) N. G. Jablonski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hepatic pigment cells of Proteidae (Amphibia, Urodela): A comparative histochemical and ultrastructural study

(2009) Petra-Maja Prelovšek et al.   ANIMAL BIOLOGY

Inter-annual variation and information content of melanin-based coloration in female Eurasian kestrels

(2009) PABLO VERGARA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Porphyrins and pheomelanins contribute to the reddish juvenal plumage of black-shouldered kites

(2009) Juan J. Negro et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Melanocyte pigmentation stiffens murine cardiac tricuspid valve leaflet

(2009) K. Balani et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Study of light propagation in Asian and Caucasian skins by means of the Boundary Element Method

(2009) M.A. Ansari et al.   OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING

Melanin precursors prevent premature age-related and noise-induced hearing loss in albino mice

(2009) Silvia Murillo-Cuesta et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

The effect of melanism and vitamin D synthesis on the incidence of autoimmune disease

(2009) Netta Shoenfeld et al.   Nature clinical practice. Rheumatology

Pigmentation in Anuran Testes: Anatomical Pattern and Variation

(2008) Lilian Franco-Belussi et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

ASSOCIATIONS OF VARIABLE COLORATION WITH NICHE BREADTH AND CONSERVATION STATUS AMONG AUSTRALIAN REPTILES

(2008) Anders Forsman et al.   ECOLOGY

A MODEL OF ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF COLOR POLYMORPHISM

(2008) Anders Forsman et al.   ECOLOGY

Evidence for the ectopic synthesis of melanin in human adipose tissue

(2008) Manpreet Randhawa et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Ink is a conspecific alarm cue in the Caribbean reef squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea

(2008) James B. Wood et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Melanin directly converts light for vertebrate metabolic use: Heuristic thoughts on birds, Icarus and dark human skin

(2008) Geoffrey Goodman et al.   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES

Pigmentation genes link Parkinson’s disease to melanoma, opening a window on both etiologies

(2008) Elena Herrero Hernández   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES

The location of heart melanocytes is specified and the level of pigmentation in the heart may correlate with coat color

(2008) Ichiro Yajima et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Evidence of an inflammatory-like response in non-normally pigmented tissues of two scleractinian corals

(2008) C. V Palmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

(2008) A DUCREST et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Phenoloxidase-associated cellular defence in the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata, provides resistance against QX disease infections

(2007) Daniel Butt et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Innate immunity in insects: surface-associated dopa decarboxylase-dependent pathways regulate phagocytosis, nodulation and melanization in medfly haemocytes

(2007) Maria Sideri et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Chemistry of Mixed Melanogenesis—Pivotal Roles of Dopaquinone

(2007) Shosuke Ito et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY