adjective
Etymology
Origin of melanic
Example Sentences
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It was assumed, then, that cortex was the melanic colour switch.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
Surprisingly, mir-193 was also found to control melanic colouration in these flies, suggesting a deeply conserved role for mir-193 beyond Lepidoptera.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
This indicated that mir-193, not cortex or any other nearby gene, is the key melanic colour regulator across these Lepidoptera.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
Over the past two decades, scientists discovered that the majority of melanic wing colour variants are controlled by a single genomic region surrounding the protein-coding gene 'cortex'.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
In pigeons, too, if we regard the blue rock as the ancestor of the domesticated breeds, we must suppose that an additional melanic factor has arisen at some stage.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
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