Fluorescence spectrophotometric analysis of melanins in the house mouse.
We extracted the yellow melanin (phaeomelanin), black melanin (eumelanin), and mixed type of melanin from dorsal hair of dominant yellow (Ay/a), non-agouti (a/a), and agouti (A/A) mice, respectively. Spectrophotometric and fluorescence spectrophotometric analysis demonstrated that the yellow melanin was qualitatively distinct from the black melanin and that the agouti hair contained both types of pigment.
D000818:Animals; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006197:Hair / Q000032:analysis; D008543:Melanins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
D008543:Melanins