is determined by the ommochromes. Ommochromes are also found in the chromatophores of cephalopods, and in spiders. Ommochromes are metabolites of tryptophan...
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change from yellow to white takes longer. The yellow coloring is due to ommochrome pigments being produced. The appearance of white is due to guanine and...
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Juchault, E; Katakura, Y. (1997). "Genetic and Biochemical Studies on Ommochrome Genesis in an Albino Strain of a Terrestrial Isopod, Armadillidium vulgare"...
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and leg spans up to 250 mm (9.8 in). Only three classes of pigment (ommochromes, bilins and guanine) have been identified in spiders, although other...
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Physiology Meets Pathology". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 13 (7): 465–477. doi:10.1038/nrn3257. PMC 3681811. PMID 22678511. Kynurenine Ommochrome v t e...
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the sepia mutant is sepia, a reddish-brown color. In wild-type flies, ommochromes (brown) and drosopterins (red) give the eyes the typical red color. The...
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"The functional morphology of color changing in a spider: development of ommochrome pigment granules". Journal of Experimental Biology. 211 (5): 780–789....
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Chrysanthemum segetum. Yellow coloration is likely due to the presence of ommochrome compounds and/or their precursors, such as xanthommatin and 3-hydroxykynurenine...
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chemically tested and found to be fossilized melanin, as opposed to ommochromes or pterins (which are ocular pigments used by many invertebrate groups)...
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"Coloration principles of nymphaline butterflies - thin films, melanin, ommochromes and wing scale stacking". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217 (Pt...
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2-Aminomuconic semialdehyde is a metabolite of tryptophan. Muconic acid Ommochrome He, Z.; Spain, J. (1999-08-01). "Preparation of 2-aminomuconate from 2-aminophenol...
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"Coloration principles of nymphaline butterflies - thin films, melanin, ommochromes and wing scale stacking". Journal of Experimental Biology. 217 (12):...
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fornicata are the result of biochemical pigments. These bands contain ommochrome pigments that absorb at roughly five-hundred nanometers to selectively...
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have not been well-studied, but one common theory is that they may be ommochrome pigments, although no discoveries have been made to prove this. Pseudoceros...
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