Pub. Date : 2010 Jan 14
PMID : 20090935
3 Functional Relationships(s)Download |
Sentence | Compound Name | Protein Name | Organism |
1 | Spiny mice modulate eumelanin to pheomelanin ratio to achieve cryptic coloration in "evolution canyon," Israel. | eumelanin | cripto, FRL-1, cryptic family 1 | Mus musculus |
2 | Cryptic coloration could be attained only through optimization between the yellow- to brown-colored "pheomelanin" and gray to black-colored "eumelanin" in the hairs. | eumelanin | cripto, FRL-1, cryptic family 1 | Mus musculus |
3 | CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: It appears that rodents adaptively modulate eumelanin and pheomelanin contents to achieve cryptic coloration in contrasting habitats even at a microscale. | eumelanin | cripto, FRL-1, cryptic family 1 | Mus musculus |