Assertion: melanin's role | /r/HasProperty | major
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text: Melanin, synthetized within the melanosomes of epidermal melanocytes, is widely found in mammalian skin and plays a major role in the protection of skin cells against mutagenic ultraviolet (UV) light rays .
text: However, i'm not aware of reports of such corrolations within the wider (non clinical) population, suggesting, as i said before, that the role of POMC in pigment variation is minor.