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Wings of the ButterflyPrecis coenia synthesize dopamine melanin by selective enzyme activity of dopadecarboxylase

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Koch, P.B. Wings of the ButterflyPrecis coenia synthesize dopamine melanin by selective enzyme activity of dopadecarboxylase. Naturwissenschaften 81, 36–38 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01138561

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