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Mutations in the human KIT gene have been identified as a cause of Piebaldism, a rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanogenesis characterized by patchy absence of pigmentation of the skin and overlying hair.
Behind the zipper and in front of the protective cloth panel overlying the zipper, she found the spent bullet."
most often calls for the answer that the lens is there to focus light rays, and only rarely for the answer that the lens is there because lens cells are induced by the retina from overlying ectoderm.
The anterior and posterior disks of tissue overlying the inner nuclei were removed with forceps, and the process repeated until the distinct Y-suture pattern could be resolved on the lens surface (indicative of the FN).
This number is justified because the thickness of cortical GFP-myosin-II fluorescence is approximately 0.35 μm and is consistent with published electron micrographs of D. discoideum cell cortices [ 35 ] . It should be noted that fluorescence that is defined as cytoplasm also includes fluorescence from the overlying and underlying cortices.