Melanosomes

"The cells that gave feathers color are called melanosomes," he explained the relationship between small, carnivorous dinosaurs and modern birds is one of his fields of expertise. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

Researchers focused their attention on chemical compounds in the feathers called melanosomes tiny, pigment-producing structures that formed in the feather during the creature's development. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The color-generating structures within the creature's feather, known as melanosomes, "would have given the feathers additional structural support," Carney said. ❋ David Freeman (2012)

The Yale University team analyzed color-imparting structures called melanosomes in the fossil of the four-winged ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fossils, some of them described for the first time, were found in northeastern China and contain well-preserved, sub-micrometer-sized structures called melanosomes, says Michael Benton, a paleontologist at the University of Bristol in England. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unlike recently published work from China that inferred the existence of two types of melanin pigments in various species of feathered dinosaurs, the Science study analyzed color-imparting structures called melanosomes from an entire fossil of a single animal, a feat which enabled researchers to reveal rich color patterns of the entire animal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The research, conducted by a team of scientists from Yale University, US, analyzed color-imparting structures called melanosomes from an entire fossil of a single animal, a feat which enabled researchers to reveal rich color patterns of the entire animal. ❋ Unknown (2010)