pheomelanin

Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.

Archive 2009-02-01 The Verger 2009

Melanin comes in TWO delicious flavours: eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow.

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You can tell just by looking at your friend that she has high levels of pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the pigment eumelanin.

Wired Top Stories Ken Denmead 2011

A certain type of plumage coloring, pheomelanin which is a reddish color requires the use of a chemical called glutathione.

Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

These and most studies on animal pigmentation to date have focused on the melanin system, in which specialized cells known as melanocytes produce either of two pigments-eumelanin or pheomelanin-resulting in different tone and colour of skin, hair and feathers.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pontus Skoglund et al. 2010

However, if someone has high levels of pheomelanin, she will have light hair and dark hair if their pheomelanin levels are low.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

Thge varied colors of the iris are a result of the amounts of eumelanin ansd pheomelanin produced by the melanocytes.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Janell.ross 2010

The achievement of color for blondes and red-head is made possible by pheomelanin.

ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

High concentration of eumelanin leads to a dark appearance, whereas pheomelanin usually results in a brown or reddish phenotype.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pontus Skoglund et al. 2010

In each species, the gene governs coat colour by dictating the balance between production of dark coloured eumelanin and red-yellow coloured pheomelanin.

New Scientist - Online News 2009