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Melanosis

Known as: melanose, Melanoses, Melanism 
Disorders of increased melanin pigmentation that develop without preceding inflammatory disease.
National Institutes of Health

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ChloasmaHutchinson's Melanotic FreckleIn BloodLentigo

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Melanoderma (disorder)Melanosis coliNeurocutaneous melanosismelanosis oculi

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Pigmentation Disorders

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Variation in the rate of convergent evolution: adaptation to a laboratory environment in Drosophila subobscura
Adaptation to novel environments is a central issue in evolutionary biology. One important question is the prevalence of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
MR imaging of symptomatic neurocutaneous melanosis in children
Abstract Neurocutaneous melanosis is a syndrome consisting of cutaneous nevi and melanocytosis of the leptomeninges. Over a 5… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Competitive trade-off strategies in ArcticDaphnia linked to melanism and UV-B stress
Different high-Arctic, freshwater localities at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (79dgN) were examined for their UV-absorbing properties… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Postindustrial Melanism in the Peppered Moth
New data show the geographical pattern of frequency of the melanic morph carbonaria of the peppered moth, Biston betularia, in… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Malignant melanomas of the conjunctiva.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Moth, melanism and clean air.
The modern understanding of industrial melanism in the moth, Biston betularia, is presented. The maintenance of a dynamically… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Evidence for multiple insemination in the common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis.
Morph frequencies in litters of naturally mated female Thamnophis sirtalis from populations containing a recessive allele for… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Atmospheric pollution and industrial melanism
SummaryThe distribution of melanic forms in two moth and two ladybird species has been analysed in relation to fourteen… 
1961
1961
Experimental studies on natural selection in the butterfly, Maniola jurtina
ONE of the greatest advances in evolutionary thought during the last decade has been the realisation that, among polymorphic… 
1955
1955
Melanotic freckle (Hutchinson), mélanose circonscrite précancéreuse (Dubreuilh).
IT HAS been stated that diagnosis of cutaneous malignant melanoma is comparable to writing the death certificate of the patient… 
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