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ERRATUM: The Antimicrobial Properties of Melanocytes, Melanosomes and Melanin and the Evolution of Black Skin

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
75 KB
Volume
212
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5193

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✦ Synopsis

The following changes should have been made: Page 103, line 40. The sentence should have read: &The prophenoloxidase activating system, an enzyme cascade of which melanin is the end product, is the central antimicrobial defense system in insects and other invertebrates (Boman & Hultmark, 1987). Page 106, line 46. The hyphen between &melanocytes' and &stimulated' should have been removed.

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A biological issue that has not been satisfactorily resolved is the role of melanin in skin and other animal tissues. A hypothesis is outlined here to account for the evolution of black skin and the ubiquity of melanin in vertebrate tissues. Evidence is presented that melanization of skin and other