[OGD] Re: Albinos

2005-07-08 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 7/8/05 6:03:26 AM, Guido writes: I think that we should not compare plants with animals or humans, there are lots of basic differences and the physiology is by no means identical. True, but melanin seems to occupy roughly the same position among animals that anthocyanin does in

[OGD] Re: Albinos

2004-07-30 Thread IrisCohen
In a message dated 7/30/04 6:16:01 AM, Steve writes: The related term albino works fine in describing people and other mammals because there is only one type of pigment in our skin, melanin or its relative pheomelanin, and single point mutations in enzymes necessary for melanin production