Light Pigmented Integument
a
The epidermal layers appear blue due to stain that is used to show up the epidermis.
b
No melanocytes are noticable in the stratum basale because they are not actively spreading melanin to the epidermal layers.
c
Note the light brown melanocytes in the stratum germinativum mixed in with keratinocytes.
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The epidermal layers appear blue due to stain that is used to show up the epidermis.
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