Sentences with phrase «producing pigment molecules»

In reptiles, amphibians, and other groups, color mostly comes from chromatophores — cells within the skin that hold color - producing pigment molecules.

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In nature, the Cyphochilus beetle, which is native to Southeast Asia, produces its ultra-white colouring not through pigments, but by exploiting the geometry of a dense network of chitin — a molecule which is also found in the shells of molluscs, the exoskeletons of insects and the cell walls of fungi.