It is thought that the pigmentation on a part of the calfskin manuscript has been affected, and that it could have been due to vibration on the flight.

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Leucism is a reduction in the pigmentation of the skin.

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"We must reject the notion that demography is destiny, the pathetic and simplistic notion that skin pigmentation dictates voter behaviour, " he said.

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If the environment being spread through is an animal embryo and the reagents are hormones that trigger the differentiation of the body's pigment-producing cells, the upshot is a distinct pattern of pigmentation.

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The transposons jump from place to place as the kernels reproduce, creating differences in genes for pigmentation.

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He told the talk show host that he had vitiligo, a disorder that destroyed his skin pigmentation.

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"Some could have been bitten by insects such as mosquitoes, and in other cases there were moles, or skin pigmentation, and we couldn't find a needle puncture wound, " said Wang, speaking at the news conference.

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