Melanin Composite (IMAGE)

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Melanin Composite

Caption

This image shows, from left to right: a fossil leatherback turtle and melanosomes (pigment structures), which contain the 'molecular fingerprint' for melanin (bottom).

Credit

Lindgren et al/<i>Nature</i>

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