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 team also looked for the tiny melanosomes that could give an indication of the feathers’ former colors.
  — Rachel Fritts, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2020
• Keratin doesn’t fossilize well, but melanosomes often do.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 28 June 2019
• The researchers found that hummingbirds’ melanosomes are far more intricate than those of other birds.
  — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• In 2010, researchers showed that those feathers still contained melanosomes, which give feathers their color.
  — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 26 Oct. 2017
• Tiny cellular structures called melanosomes vary in color depending on their shape: Black ones are sausage-like; reds are round.
  — Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2020
• This can be seen from the distribution in their fossils of pigment particles called melanosomes.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• Special cells in the skin contain pouches, called melanosomes, packed with pigment molecules.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 12 Oct. 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
• The color produced by melanosomes is determined by their shape—round ones indicate a color anywhere from yellow to brown, while elongated ones are grayscale.
  — Rachel Fritts, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2020
• Babarović wondered: Was there a distinctive melanosome shape associated with non-iridescent blues?
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
• These include heme proteins, melanosomes, lipofuscin, and other chemicals.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 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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