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What type of cell is responsible for the color and tone of our skin?
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∙ 8y ago
There are cells within the bottom layer of the epidermis (the stratum basale or stratum germinativum) called melanocytes. Melanocytes secrete a pigment called melanin which is responsible for giving our skin its color. Their main function though is to shield the nuclei of the keratinocytes (the main cells of the epidermis) to protect them from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. That's why we appear to tan in the sun.
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∙ 12y ago
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What is the function of the melanocytes?
- A cell of the statum basale of the epidermis that synthesizes melanin and transfers it to the keratinocytes.- Any of the dendritic clear cells of the epidermis that synthesize tyrosinase and, within their melanosomes, the pigment melanin; the melanosomes are then transferred from melanocytes to keratinocytes.
Is skin color and inherited trait?
Boa Snakes inherited their color of skin from parents
What is ecades?
genetically similar organisms differing in their phenotype (such as skin color tone, health etc..) are known as ecades.
Analogy for chlorophyll?
The skin cells control our bodies skin tone, the Chloroplast controls the leafs color.
Your boyfriend has olive skin and you have fair skin what colour skin is your child likely to have?
It entirely depends on which genes are selected randomly in the meiosis divisions which create the Sperm and Egg cells. Your child could in all possibility be as pale as their mother, or as dark as their father. However, it is more likely it will fall somewhere inbetween, but not necessarily bang on the middle. The skin will acquire features of both parents' skin. There is not one gene that codes for skin color... there are many. Therefore, the skin will be a mix of different features. It is also possible for it to be paler of darker than either parent, if there is a throwback to a grandparent or further back.My father has olive skin and my mother has fair, Irish skin. My older brother got light tan color, not as dark as my father's olive, but darker than a medium skin tone. I got my father's dark olive skin. Though the process is random, it is likely that one of your children will have a somewhat darker skin tone.
What color makeup should you wear with dark skin tone?
Dont be afraid and go for any color that seems to look good with your skin tone.
What color skin does ray ray like?
Any color it dont matter about your skin tone its about your heart
What color is chipmunk the singer?
He has a dark skin tone.
What color are Christina Aguilera's nipples?
Her skin tone.
What color was neanderthal skin or was their skin tone varied by geography like us?
They had pale skin.
Which two colors are used to make skin color?
I t depends on which skin tone
What does it mean to tone skin?
To tone the skin means to make all your skin the same color. Like some peoples' arm may be white at the top but then the rest is tan. So some people may want to tone their arm skin to make their whole arm the same color.
How do you get a tan skin tone color on zwinky?
wardrobe transfer..
I have light to medium olive skin tone what color blonde looks best on me?
If you have a light to medium olive skin tone, the color blonde that would look best on you is dark brown.
What color contact looks good for dark skin?
Green or blue it clashes with the skin tone.
What colors make a light skin tone color?
White and Brown.
What is the function of the melanocytes?
- A cell of the statum basale of the epidermis that synthesizes melanin and transfers it to the keratinocytes.- Any of the dendritic clear cells of the epidermis that synthesize tyrosinase and, within their melanosomes, the pigment melanin; the melanosomes are then transferred from melanocytes to keratinocytes.
