Human Hair Melanins: What We Have Learned and Have Not Learned from Mouse Coat Color Pigmentation

    August 2010 in “ Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research ”
    Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu
    Studysummary This article discusses mouse genetic studies to explore factors influencing melanogenesis, highlighting pH and cysteine's roles, and proposes a hypothesis for human hair color diversity; it reports no new results.
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