It's not easy being green: Comparing typical skin colouration among amphibians with colour abnormalities associated with chromatophore deficits [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAmphibians can obtain their colour from a combination of several different pigment and light reflecting cell types called chromatophores, with defects in one or several of the cells leading to colour abnormalities. There is a need for better recording of
John Gould, Colin McHenry
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Intermediate filaments spatially organize intracellular nanostructures to produce the bright structural blue of ribbontail stingrays across ontogeny [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyIn animals, pigments but also nanostructures determine skin coloration, and many shades are produced by combining both mechanisms. Recently, we discovered a new mechanism for blue coloration in the ribbontail stingray Taeniura lymma, a species with ...
Michael J. Blumer +7 more
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Cellular and Molecular Basis of Environment-Induced Color Change in a Tree Frog [PDF]
AnimalsBackground color matching is essential for camouflage and thermoregulation in ectothermic vertebrates, yet several key cellular-level questions remain unresolved.
Runliang Zhai +4 more
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A Simple Method for RNA-Seq of Manually Isolated Chromatophores in Oryzias Fishes. [PDF]
Dev Growth DifferABSTRACT RNA sequencing (RNA‐seq) has become an essential tool for analyzing gene expression and exploring cell type–specific transcriptomes. However, sample preparation and quality control remain challenging, as current approaches typically rely on dissecting tissues containing mixed cell populations or using flow cytometry to isolate fluorescently ...
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 The speed of adaptive body patterning in coleoid cephalopods is unmatched in the natural world. While the literature frequently reports their remarkable ability to change coloration significantly faster than other species, there is limited research on ...
Stavros P. Hadjisolomou +4 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2023 Mucosal drug delivery permits direct and prompt drug absorption, which is capable of reducing undesirable decomposition that occurs before absorption.
Yujing Wu +7 more
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Zebrafish endzone regulates neural crest-derived chromatophore differentiation and morphology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The development of neural crest-derived pigment cells has been studied extensively as a model for cellular differentiation, disease and environmental adaptation.
Brigitte L Arduini +2 more
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Loss of key endosymbiont genes may facilitate early host control of the chromatophore in Paulinella
iScience, 2022 Summary: The primary plastid endosymbiosis (∼124 Mya) that occurred in the heterotrophic amoeba lineage, Paulinella, is at an earlier stage of evolution than in Archaeplastida, and provides an excellent model for studying organelle integration.
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 The endosymbiotic acquisition of mitochondria and plastids more than one billion years ago was central for the evolution of eukaryotic life. However, owing to their ancient origin, these organelles provide only limited insights into the initial stages of
Linda Oberleitner +9 more
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The extent of rapid colour change in male agamid lizards is unrelated to overall sexual dichromatism
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Dynamic colour change is widespread in ectothermic animals, but has primarily been studied in the context of background matching. For most species, we lack quantitative data on the extent of colour change across different contexts.
Anuradha Batabyal +6 more
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