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- noun biology Any
organelle that containsmelanin .
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Examples
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We don't even know how melanosome distributions in modern birds lead to specific colours.
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We don't even know how melanosome distributions in modern birds lead to specific colours.
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Despite these limitations, the melanosome discoveries appear to mark the dawn of a new era for understanding the role of color in prehistoric worlds.
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Despite these limitations, the melanosome discoveries appear to mark the dawn of a new era for understanding the role of color in prehistoric worlds.
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And no one had used melanosome shape and density to infer color.
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The Liaoning project put the team in a unique position to attempt the first melanosome discovery in dinosaurs.
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Thomas Holtz agreed, saying it's now up to skeptics "to either prove that internal collagen structures have melanosomes or melanosome-like elements-or to accept that dinosaurs had protofeathers."
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The Liaoning project put the team in a unique position to attempt the first melanosome discovery in dinosaurs.
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And no one had used melanosome shape and density to infer color.
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Thomas Holtz agreed, saying it's now up to skeptics "to either prove that internal collagen structures have melanosomes or melanosome-like elements-or to accept that dinosaurs had protofeathers."
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