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Melanismo

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Melanistic black eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Melanistic guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) iyo an pambihira, asin piggamit sa mga ritwal kan Andean curanderos.[1]

An Melanismo iyo an sarong congenital excess nin melanina sa sarong organismo na minaresulta sa madiklom na pigment.

An Pseudomelanismo, pig-aapod man na abundismo, iyo an saro pang variant kan pigmentation, namidbidan huli sa dark spots o dakulang stripes, na nakakatahob sa dakulang kabtang kan hawak nin hayop, piggigibo iyan na minalataw na melanistiko.[2]

An morbid deposition nin black matter, parating huli sa sarong malignant character na minalapwas sa pigmented tumors, iyo an pig-aapod na melanosis.[3]

  1. Morales, E. (1995). The Guinea Pig : Healing, Food, and Ritual in the Andes. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1558-1. 
  2. Osinga, N.; Hart, P.; van VoorstVaader, P. C. (2010). "Albinistic common seals (Phoca vitulina) and melanistic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) rehabilitated in the Netherlands". Animal Biology 60 (3): 273−281. doi:10.1163/157075610x516493. 
  3. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). Melanosis Archived 2013-07-29 at the Wayback Machine.. C. & G. Merriam Co. Springfield, Massachusetts. Page 910