Ko te whakarōpūtanga kiri a Fitzpatrick ko te whakarōpūtanga o te tae kiri ki ngā momo I ki VI e ai ki ngā āhuatanga o te uruparenga ki ngā wera, ki te kiri parauri rānei i muri i te pānga o te rā:
Momo I: Mā; tino mā; makawe whero, makawe kōwhai rānei; kanohi kikorangi; iraira
Momo II: Mā; kiri mā; makawe whero, kōwhai rānei, kanohi kikorangi, kanohi parauri, kanohi kakariki rānei
Momo III: Mā te kirīmi; he mā te tae o ngā kanohi, o ngā makawe rānei; he tino noa
Momo IV: Parauri; ngā momo kiri Pākehā o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ngā momo kiri Īnia/Āhia
Momo V: Ngā momo kiri parauri pouri, kiri rawhiti-waenganui
Momo VI: Pango
E whakaponohia whānuitia ana he iti ake te nui o te melanin i roto i te paparanga kiri o te iwi Pākehā me Amerika, ā, nō ngā momo I me II te kiri; ko te kiri kōwhai i te Tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Āhia he momo III, IV, ā, he taurite te nui o te melanin i roto i te paparanga kiri o te iwi; ko te kiri parauri-pango o Āwherika he momo V, VI, ā, he tino teitei te nui o te melanin i roto i te paparanga kiri o te iwi.
Mō te maimoatanga kiri ki te taiaho me te photon, ko te melanin te chromophore e hiahiatia ana, ā, me tīpako te mīhini me ngā tawhā maimoatanga kia rite ki te momo kiri.
He kaupapa ariā nui te momo kiri mō te raupaparorohiko otātari kiriI roto i te ariā, me whakamahi ngā tāngata he rerekē ngā tae kiri i ngā momo rauropi rerekē ina kitea te raruraru o te tae kiri, ka taea ai te whakakore i te rerekētanga o ngā hua i puta mai i ngā tae kiri rerekē.
Heoi, ko te āhua o nāianeimīhini tātari kiri kanohikei te mākete ētahi raruraru hangarau mō te kimi i te kiri pango me te kiri parauri pouri, nā te mea ko te mārama UV e whakamahia ana hei kimi i te tae ka mimiti katoatia e te eumelanin i runga i te mata o te kiri. Ki te kore he whakaata,tātari kirikāore e taea te hopu i ngā ngaru mārama e whakaatahia ana, nō reira kāore e taea te kite i te rerekētanga o te kiri.
Te wā tuku: 21-Pepuere-2022
