GO:0042438: melanin biosynthetic process (Biological process)

"The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of melanins, pigments largely of animal origin. High molecular weight polymers of indole quinone, they are irregular polymeric structures and are divided into three groups: allomelanins in the plant kingdom and eumelanins and phaeomelanins in the animal kingdom." [GOC:curators]


There are 157 sequences with this label.

Enriched clusters
Name Species % in cluster p-value corrected p-value action
Cluster_394 Solanum tuberosum Agria 33.33 % 0.000997 0.010473
Cluster_169 Solanum tuberosum Agria 0.97 % 0.002095 0.022414
Sequences (157) (download table)

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