Assertion: melanin's function | /r/CapableOf | explain latitudinal gradient
Facets:
value: potentially
type: MANNER
value: in melanization of human skin
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: This function can potentially explain (a) the latitudinal gradient in melanization of human skin; (b) the fact that melanocyte and melanization patterns among different parts of the vertebrate body do not reflect exposure to radiation; (c) provide a theoretical framework for recent empirical findings concerning the antimicrobial activity of melanocytes and melanosomes and their regulation by known mediators of inflammatory responses.