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Fluorescence spectrophotometric analysis of melanins in the house mouse

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We extracted the yellow melanin (phaeomelanin), black melanin (eumelanin), and mixed type of melanin from dorsal hair of dominant yellow (A y/a), non-agouti (a/a), and agouti (A/A) mice, respectively. Spectrophotometric and fluorescence spectrophotometric analysis demonstrated that the yellow melanin was qualitatively distinct from the black melanin and that the agouti hair contained both types of pigment.

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  1. Biological Institute, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama, 980, Sendai, Japan

    Takashi Ikejima & Takuji Takeuchi

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  1. Takashi Ikejima
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This work was supported by Grant 244004 from the Ministry of Education. Part of this work was presented at the X International Pigment Cell Conference.

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Ikejima, T., Takeuchi, T. Fluorescence spectrophotometric analysis of melanins in the house mouse. Biochem Genet 16, 673–679 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484724

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