JAMB - Biology (2009 - No. 35)
The specialized pigment cells that are involved in colouration and colour change in animals?
xanthophyll
chromatophores
chlorophyll
melanin
설명
Chromatophores are cells that produce color, of which many types are pigment-containing cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods.
Mammals and birds, in contrast, have a class of cells called melanocytes for coloration.