ommochrome biosynthetic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ommochromes, any of a large group of natural polycyclic pigments commonly found in the Arthropoda, particularly in the ommatidia of the compound eye.
GO:0006726
eye pigment biosynthetic process
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GO:0008055
ocellus pigment biosynthetic process
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GO:0046152
ommochrome metabolic process
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kynurenine pathway
broad
ommochrome anabolism
exact
ommochrome biosynthesis
exact
ommochrome formation
exact
ommochrome synthesis
exact