A pigment cell derived from the neural crest. Contains melanin-filled pigment granules, which gives a brown to black appearance. [ SANBI:mhl ]
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Term information
database
cross reference
- BTO:0000847
- VHOG:0001679
- MESH:D008544
- CALOHA:TS-0613
- FMA:70545
Subsets
general_cell_types_upper_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- somatic cell
- pigment cell
- neural crest-derived structure
- has part some melanosome
- develops from some melanoblast