How to Use melanosome in a Sentence

melanosome

noun
  • Vinther couldn’t find any melanosomes in Borealopelta’s skin.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2017
  • In animals, colors are determined by the shape of the melanosomes, as well as pigment.
    — Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The researchers found that hummingbirds’ melanosomes are far more intricate than those of other birds.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Special cells in the skin contain pouches, called melanosomes, packed with pigment molecules.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The team also looked for the tiny melanosomes that could give an indication of the feathers’ former colors.
    — Rachel Fritts, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2020
  • This can be seen from the distribution in their fossils of pigment particles called melanosomes.
    — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
  • In 2010, researchers showed that those feathers still contained melanosomes, which give feathers their color.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 26 Oct. 2017
  • These include heme proteins, melanosomes, lipofuscin, and other chemicals.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2017
  • In 2010, a groundbreaking study of the pigment-bearing melanosomes within those feathers revealed that Anchiornis had a black and gray body with white highlights and a red crest.
    — National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2017
  • As Laura Geggel writes for Live Science, the instrument revealed melanosomes, or microscopic structures that are responsible for pigmentation in modern bird feathers.
    — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2018

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