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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Photochem Photobiol. 2008;84(3):539–549. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00226.x

Figure 1. Melanin Content in Skin of Different Ethnicity.

Figure 1

Histological detection of melanin content using Fontana-Masson staining. Melanin content in the basal layers of the epidermis is substantially higher in Black skin compared to Asian or White skin, although the number of melanocytes is virtually identical in skins of different ethnicity.