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Visualization of the Nuclei of the Basal Melanocytes of the Black Guinea-pig and of Human Skin under the Bright Field Microscope

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THE nuclei of the melanocytes isolated from the black guinea-pig and from human skin by the method of Shukla, Karkun and Mukerji1 are always masked by the dense melanin present in the cytoplasm (Figs. 1A and 2B). A method to demelanize the cells and visualize the nuclei is reported here.

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SHUKLA, R. Visualization of the Nuclei of the Basal Melanocytes of the Black Guinea-pig and of Human Skin under the Bright Field Microscope. Nature 207, 1102–1103 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2071102b0

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