Melanocytes Cells synthesizing the pigment melanin. These cells are located in deep layers of epidermis and contain branching processes that contact all keratinocytes in basal epidermal layer. The melanin formed in melanosomes are transported to branching processes, shed, and engulfed by keratinocytes.
The collard is a cool season crop that should be grown during early spring or fall. The mature plant will withstand frosts and light to medium freezes. It is one of the most popular garden vegetables in the south and is rapidly becoming a delicacy in northern states as well. Collards provide a good source of vitamins and minerals.
geld In farming and ranching, the verb geld means to castrate â or remove the sexual organs of â a male animal. A farmer might geld a horse so that he will be calmer and easier to ride. People who raise animals choose to geld them for various reasons. If a male animal is not going to be bred, or deliberately mated to produce offspring, it is often easier to manage him without his powerful hormones. When you geld an animal, he tends to be more mellow and well-behaved, making a gentler horse or donkey as a working animal or pet. The Old Norse root of geld is gelda, castrate, from geldr, barren.