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Definition of Melanogenesis
1. [n -GENESES]
Medical Definition of Melanogenesis
1. Formation of melanin. Origin: melanin + G. Genesis, production (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanogenesis
Literary usage of Melanogenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The present results suggest that the alleles of the mottled locus regulate
melanogenesis by influencing the availability of copper at the level of the ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... of melanins" is an exhaustive tabulation of archaic and undocumented statements
about the histochem- istry of melanin and melanogenesis, for example. ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Researches on melanogenesis. Action of Tyrosinase on Various Compounds Analogous
to Tyrosine. GABRIEL BERTRAND. Hull. soc. ..."