The Science of Melanin

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  14. Vision and Change core concepts and competencies, as summarized in Brownell and others, CBE Life Sciences Education, 2014
  15. Word origins and formulas from Dictionary.com: melanin, melano-, -in, eumelanin, pheomelanin, neuromelanin, melanocyte, -cyte, eu-, neuro-, melancholy, melanoma, keratin, euphony, tyrosine, cysteine, pyrrole, thiazole
  16. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “A Happy Occasion for Melencolia I”
  17. Spanish and French spellings from Wiktionary
  18. Transcript from the English captions uploaded with the YouTube video