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Ubiquity of Melanin and the Effect of Phenylthiourea

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BLACK or brown pigments are widespread among animals. Although they have been widely assumed to be melanin, they have not always proved to be so1. Their ubiquity is manifest in another way, by their widespread occurrence in a particular organism.

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  1. W. G. LYNN

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MILLOTT, N., LYNN, W. Ubiquity of Melanin and the Effect of Phenylthiourea. Nature 209, 99–101 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209099b0

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