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Melanocyte From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Pigment cells) Jump to navigationJump to search Melanocyte Melanocyte and melanin Details Pronunciation /məˈlænəˌsaɪt, –noʊ-/ (listen) or /ˈmɛlənəˌsaɪt, –noʊ-/[1][2] Precursor Neural crest Location Skin Function Melanin production Identifiers Latin melanocytus MeSH D008544 TH H2.00.03.0.01016 FMA 70545 Anatomical terms of microanatomy [edit on Wikidata] Melanocytes are melanin-producing neural crest-derived[3] cells located in the bottom layer (the stratum basale) of the skin’s epidermis, the ..

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Supraesophageal ganglion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Insect brain) Jump to navigationJump to search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: “Supraesophageal ganglion” – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Further information: Arthropod head problem Look up supraesophageal in Wiktionary, the free ..

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Insect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Insect (disambiguation). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Devonian[1] (but see text) – Present Clockwise from top left: dance fly (Empis livida), long-nosed weevil (Rhinotia hemistictus), mole cricket (Gryllotalpa brachyptera), German wasp (Vespula germanica), emperor gum ..

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Photoreceptor cell This article is about cellular photoreceptors. For other types of photoreceptors, see Photoreceptor (disambiguation). show This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Ukrainian. (December 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Photoreceptor cell Functional parts of the rods and cones, which are two of the three types of photosensitive cells in the retina Identifiers MeSH D010786 ..

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Brain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about the brains of all types of animals, including humans. For information specific to the human brain, see Human brain. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation) and Brains (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Brane or Brian. Brain A common chimpanzee brain Identifiers MeSH D001921 NeuroNames 21 TA98 A14.1.03.001 TA2 ..

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Zygentoma From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Zygentoma Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Thermobia domestica, a firebrat, typical of the order Zygentoma Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta (unranked): Dicondylia Order: Zygentoma Börner, 1904 Families Lepismatidae Nicoletiidae Lepidotrichidae ..

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Ommatidium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Ommatidia) Jump to navigationJump to search Ommatidium: A – cornea, B – crystalline cone, C & D – pigment cells, E – rhabdom, F – photoreceptor cells, G – membrana fenestrata, H – optic nerve Ommatidia of a krill. The compound eyes of arthropods like insects, crustaceans and millipedes[1] are composed of units called ommatidia (singular: ommatidium). An ommatidium contains ..

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Cliff From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search The White Cliffs of Dover “Precipice” redirects here. For other uses, see Precipice (disambiguation). “Rockface” redirects here. For the TV series, see Rockface (TV series). For other uses, see Cliff (disambiguation). The Trango Towers in Pakistan. Their vertical faces are the world’s tallest cliffs. Trango Tower center; Trango Monk center ..

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Human blood group systems From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For a less technical article on the common blood types, see Blood type. hideThis article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs attention from an expert in medicine. (February ..

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Wild type From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Unlike culinary bananas, wild-type bananas have numerous large, hard seeds. Wild type (WT) refers to the phenotype of the typical form of a species as it occurs in nature. Originally, the wild type was conceptualized as a product of the standard[1] “normal” allele at a locus, in contrast to that produced by ..

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