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
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
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
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
The Silky breed of fowls is characterised among other peculiarities by a remarkable abundance of melanic pigment.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
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