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Get the Melissa mug.Melanin is a name for the aromatic biopolymer and organic semiconductor responsible for human eye and skin color. The same chemical is also found in the feathers of birds, the scales of fish, the fur of animals and the chitin of insects. Melanin has been found intact in fossils. Microorganisms also contain melanin.
Melanin is in the ink of cephalopods. Sepia is the Greek word for the black matter emitted by sepia officinalis, the common cuttlefish. Melanin extracted from that ink is currently worth over $350 a gram more than gold.
There are three melanins. Pheomelanin is red and yellow. Eumelanin is brown and black. In plants allomelanin is also brown and black. Though some refer to a "neuromelanin," it is actually eumelanin which performs a neurological function.
Melanogenesis, the name for the chemical metabolism that gives rise to melanin, is not a single universal process. Pheomelanin and eumelanin follow a similar pathway until the L-dopaquinone phase of their formation. At that stage adding L-cysteine will produce pheomelanin; the absence of L-cysteine results in eumelanin.
Skin cancer rates and deaths from melanoma are highest in people with the least amount of skin melanin. The opposite is true for people with the highest amount of skin melanin.
Like all polyacetylenes, melanin has high electrical conductivity. Melanin was first proven to be a semiconductor in 1973 when, by Dr. John Mcginness and Dr. Peter Proctor to manufacture a melanin bi-stable switch.
Melanin is in the ink of cephalopods. Sepia is the Greek word for the black matter emitted by sepia officinalis, the common cuttlefish. Melanin extracted from that ink is currently worth over $350 a gram more than gold.
There are three melanins. Pheomelanin is red and yellow. Eumelanin is brown and black. In plants allomelanin is also brown and black. Though some refer to a "neuromelanin," it is actually eumelanin which performs a neurological function.
Melanogenesis, the name for the chemical metabolism that gives rise to melanin, is not a single universal process. Pheomelanin and eumelanin follow a similar pathway until the L-dopaquinone phase of their formation. At that stage adding L-cysteine will produce pheomelanin; the absence of L-cysteine results in eumelanin.
Skin cancer rates and deaths from melanoma are highest in people with the least amount of skin melanin. The opposite is true for people with the highest amount of skin melanin.
Like all polyacetylenes, melanin has high electrical conductivity. Melanin was first proven to be a semiconductor in 1973 when, by Dr. John Mcginness and Dr. Peter Proctor to manufacture a melanin bi-stable switch.
I had no idea there was such a thing as fossil melanin.
You can't see or hear without melanin.
Melanin protects our DNA from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.
You can't see or hear without melanin.
Melanin protects our DNA from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.
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His family is relativly well off, as they own a bakery. His mother is a pushy witch, his father a sweet kindly old man. He has two older brothers, the only ones who could beat him in the sschool wrestling competition. His strengths in The Hunger Games were his muscly size and his camoflauging skills.
His personality is sweet, loyal, strong and thoughtful...and uber hot!
His family is relativly well off, as they own a bakery. His mother is a pushy witch, his father a sweet kindly old man. He has two older brothers, the only ones who could beat him in the sschool wrestling competition. His strengths in The Hunger Games were his muscly size and his camoflauging skills.
His personality is sweet, loyal, strong and thoughtful...and uber hot!
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Get the melat mug.Melon Muncher is a term usually referring to a person of African-american decent.
The term 'melon muncher' is quite recent and is not widely used
Melon muncher is of coarse implying that black people like watermelons alot.
The term 'melon muncher' is quite recent and is not widely used
Melon muncher is of coarse implying that black people like watermelons alot.
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A girl with the name Melissa that is a beast at everything. A very pretty, feminine girl who is beastly and can beat anybody up if they mess with her.
A girl with the name Melissa that is a beast at everything. A very pretty, feminine girl who is beastly and can beat anybody up if they mess with her.
guy A:Dude! Did you see Melissa tackle Courtney?
guy B:Yeah dude! it was awesome!
guys A+B:Melissaness, wanna go grab a bite to eat with us? You can bring Courtney if she can get up.
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guy B:Yeah dude! it was awesome!
guys A+B:Melissaness, wanna go grab a bite to eat with us? You can bring Courtney if she can get up.
Source: Babator, Louisiana
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