a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
The Agate factor also affects the phaeomelanin in the tips of the feathers
Examples of 'phaeomelanin' in a sentence
phaeomelanin
Three different traits representing the dilution of the phaeomelanin, eumelanin, and non-pigment-specific dilution were defined.
Wiener Pamela, Gutiérrez-Gil Beatriz, Williams John L 2007, 'Genetic effects on coat colour in cattle: dilution of eumelanin and phaeomelanin pigmentsin an F2-Backcross Charolais × Holstein population', BMC Geneticshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/8/56. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)