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Slide 31
Chromatophores, unspecified source. Whole mount of skin, H&E stain.
The brown color represents intrinsic pigment (melanin) in the branching cells called chromatophores. In many animals, such cells help determine skin color. In human skin (which lacks chromatophores), melanin is transfered from melanocytes (which make the pigment) into basal keratinocytes.
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