PATHOLOGY MCQ
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Pheomelanin is
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Dark brown to black
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Red to yellow
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An absence of color
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A type of melanin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The color of hair, skin, and eyes in animals mainly depends on the quantity, quality, and distribution of the pigment melanin, which occurs in two types: black to brown eumelanin and yellow to reddish pheomelanin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Melanin is a ubiquitous pigment generally classified as either the black-brown eumelanin or the reddish pheomelanin.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the presence of cysteine another pigment called pheomelanin can be formed that has a red-yellow color compared to eumelanin that has a brown color.
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