31. Claude lacks the pigment melanin , which results in his skin color. 32. In animals, melanin comes and goes at the dictates of evolutionary pressures. 33. Greaves of Virtual Melanin agrees that familiarity nurtures curiosity. 34. That pigment is melanin , the natural compound that also colors our skin. 35. Technically, freckles are the response of pigment-forming cells containing melanin . 36. The melanin protects the cell's nucleus from sun-inflicted damage. 37. As cells die, the melanin has no further function and fades away. 38. All forms of albinism involve abnormal production and / or deposition of melanin . 39. Secondly, there is an increase in production of melanin known as melanogenesis. 40. In some mice, melanin is used slightly differently.
