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melanocyte

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A pigment cell derived from the neural crest. Contains melanin-filled pigment granules, which gives a brown to black appearance. [ ]

Term info

Label

melanocyte

database cross reference
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

has alternative id

CL:0000572

has narrow synonym

melanophore

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