Direct chemical evidence for eumelanin pigment from the Jurassic period

Direct chemical evidence for eumelanin pigment from the Jurassic period

Melanin is a ubiquitous biological pigment found in bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. It has a diverse range of ecological and biochemical functions, including display, evasion, photoprotection, detoxification, and metal scavenging. To date, evidence of melanin in fossil organisms has relied ent...

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Main Authors: Glass, Keely, Ito, Shosuke, Wilby, Philip R., Sota, Takayuki, Nakamura, Atsushi, Bowers, C. Russell, Vinther, Jakob, Dutta, Suryendu, Briggs, Derek E. G., Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, Simon, John D., Summons, Roger E
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75399
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7144-8537

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