Solar and terrestrial radiations explain continental-scale variation in bird pigmentation

Raman Spectroscopy Reveals the Presence of Both Eumelanin and Pheomelanin in the Skin of Lacertids

(2018) Rodrigo Megía-Palma et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Pheomelanin molecular vibration is associated with mitochondrial ROS production in melanocytes and systemic oxidative stress and damage

(2017) Ismael Galván et al.   Integrative Biology

Adaptive downregulation of pheomelanin-related Slc7a11 gene expression by environmentally induced oxidative stress

(2017) Ismael Galván et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Eumelanin and pheomelanin are predominant pigments in bumblebee (Apidae: Bombus) pubescence

(2017) Carlo Polidori et al.   PeerJ

Condition-dependence of pheomelanin-based coloration in nuthatches Sitta europaea suggests a detoxifying function: implications for the evolution of juvenile plumage patterns

(2017) Ismael Galván   Scientific Reports

The plumage and colouration of an enantiornithine bird from the early cretaceous of china

(2016) Jennifer A. Peteya et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Forkhead containing transcription factor Albino controls tetrapyrrole-based body pigmentation in planarian

(2016) Chen Wang et al.   Cell Discovery

In vivo coherent Raman imaging of the melanomagenesis-associated pigment pheomelanin

(2016) Hequn Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Response to “Comment on ‘Background Ionizing Radiation and the Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Census-Based Nationwide Cohort Study’”

(2015) Ben D. Spycher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Spiders do have melanin after all

(2015) B.-K. Hsiung et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Chemical analysis of constitutive pigmentation of human epidermis reveals constant eumelanin to pheomelanin ratio

(2015) Sandra Del Bino et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Residential Radon Exposure and Skin Cancer Incidence in a Prospective Danish Cohort

(2015) Elvira Vaclavik Bräuner et al.   PLoS One

Dispersive Raman spectroscopy allows the identification and quantification of melanin types

(2015) Ismael Galván et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Reverse Engineering Applied to Red Human Hair Pheomelanin Reveals Redox-Buffering as a Pro-Oxidant Mechanism

(2015) Eunkyoung Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation at Chernobyl favours adaptation to oxidative stress in birds

(2014) Ismael Galván et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pheomelanin-induced oxidative stress: bright and dark chemistry bridging red hair phenotype and melanoma

(2014) Alessandra Napolitano et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Diversity of Biological Effects Induced by Longwave UVA Rays (UVA1) in Reconstructed Skin

(2014) Claire Marionnet et al.   PLoS One

glUV: a global UV-B radiation data set for macroecological studies

(2014) Michael Beckmann et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

How does pheomelanin synthesis contribute to melanomagenesis?

(2013) Ann M. Morgan et al.   BIOESSAYS

Latitudinal variation in ambient UV-B radiation is an important determinant of Lolium perenne forage production, quality, and digestibility

(2013) David Comont et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs

(2013) Ismael Galván et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Red human hair pheomelanin is a potent pro-oxidant mediating UV-independent contributory mechanisms of melanomagenesis

(2013) Lucia Panzella et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Has removal of excess cysteine led to the evolution of pheomelanin?

(2012) Ismael Galván et al.   BIOESSAYS

The effects of natural variation in background radioactivity on humans, animals and other organisms

(2012) Anders P. Møller et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

(2012) Devarati Mitra et al.   NATURE

UV responses of Lolium perenne raised along a latitudinal gradient across Europe: a filtration study

(2012) David Comont et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Natural radioactivity can explain clinal variation in the expression of melanin-based traits

(2011) Ismael Galván et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Usefulness of alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation to analyze eumelanin and pheomelanin in various tissue samples: application to chemical analysis of human hair melanins

(2011) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Environmental constraints for plumage melanization in the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis

(2010) Ismael Galván et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

Quality of UVR exposure for different biological systems along a latitudinal gradient

(2009) Maria Vernet et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ionizing radiation: how fungi cope, adapt, and exploit with the help of melanin

(2008) Ekaterina Dadachova et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Strong philopatry derived from capture-recapture records does not lead to fine-scale genetic differentiation in lesser kestrels

(2008) Miguel Alcaide et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY