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Eye color and Lipochrome

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Eye color and Lipochrome

Eye color vs. Lipochrome

Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic character determined by two distinct factors: the pigmentation of the eye's iris and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. Lipochrome (from Greek λίπος ("fat") and χρῶμα ("color")) is a term referring to naturally occurring fat-soluble pigments.

Similarities between Eye color and Lipochrome

Eye color and Lipochrome have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Carotenoid, Lipofuscin.

Carotenoid

Carotenoids, also called tetraterpenoids, are organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria and fungi.

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Lipofuscin

Lipofuscin is the name given to fine yellow-brown pigment granules composed of lipid-containing residues of lysosomal digestion.

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Eye color and Lipochrome Comparison

Eye color has 167 relations, while Lipochrome has 4. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 1.17% = 2 / (167 + 4).

References

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