Melanin as an Oto-Protective Pigment in Two Fish Species: <i> Poecilia Latipinna </i> and <i>Cyprinus Carpio </i>
Melanin is the dark pigment found in most organisms that gives color to the skin, hair, feathers, and eyes of vertebrates. While melanin is known to also be present in the stria vascularis of the mammalian cochlea, its function in the inner ear is still unknown. Some previous studies have indicated...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1403 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2406&context=theses |