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Genetics
From pigment to visible hair: the genetic mechanisms that shape cat coat colours.
0-Cat coat colour
From the hair follicle to melanin production: how melanocytes, keratinocytes and their tiny transporters compose coat colour.
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1-Allelic series B: the tribulations of eumelanin
From seal to chocolate and then cinnamon: how the B, b and bl alleles change the appearance of the same eumelanin.
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2-Allelic series D: the antics of dilution
We take the pigments and pastelise them: blue, cream or lilac, a little softness.
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