Effect of melanin biosynthesis on the coat colour of animals;Biosynteza melanin i jej wpływ na umaszczenie zwierza̧t

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 695-699

  Wierzbicki, Heliodor ^a,b  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coat colour; Eumelanin; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034348104     PISSN: 00258628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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