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Article: ALBINO MICE TURN BLACK - IN SMALL PART.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- January 7, 2000
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Peacocks spread their multicolor, iridescent tail feathers in a fan-shaped array calculated to dazzle their object of affection - the peahen - into mating. In humans, the sex-attractant factor seems to work the other way around, with female scalp hair catching the wandering eye of potential male targets of desire.
In this species, the multicolor aspect varies with the individual. Tresses range from black to brown to brunette to red to chestnut to auburn to blonde - from honey blonde to strawberry to platinum. This palette of scalp-hair hues gets all those rainbow tints and shades from a single pigment - melanin - which is secreted in the skin and hair follicles. ...
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