Epigenetic dynamics shaping melanophore and iridophore cell fate in zebrafish [PDF]
Genome Biology, 2021 Background Zebrafish pigment cell differentiation provides an attractive model for studying cell fate progression as a neural crest progenitor engenders diverse cell types, including two morphologically distinct pigment cells: black melanophores and ...
Hyo Sik Jang +12 more
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pnp4a Is the Causal Gene of the Medaka Iridophore Mutant guanineless [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2017 See-through medaka lines are suitable for observing internal organs throughout life. They were bred by crossing multiple color mutants. However, some of the causal genes for these mutants have not been identified.
Tetsuaki Kimura +2 more
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Protein Kinase A Signaling Inhibits Iridophore Differentiation in Zebrafish [PDF]
Journal of Developmental Biology, 2018 In zebrafish (Danio rerio), iridophores are specified from neural crest cells and represent a tractable system for examining mechanisms of cell fate and differentiation.
Cynthia D. Cooper +5 more
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The MITF paralog tfec is required in neural crest development for fate specification of the iridophore lineage from a multipotent pigment cell progenitor. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Understanding how fate specification of distinct cell-types from multipotent progenitors occurs is a fundamental question in embryology. Neural crest stem cells (NCSCs) generate extraordinarily diverse derivatives, including multiple neural, skeletogenic
Kleio Petratou +3 more
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Iridophore apoptosis mediates socially-regulated developmental color pattern plasticity in an anemonefish. [PDF]
PLoS BiologyUnderstanding the developmental basis of phenotypic plasticity is key to unraveling the origins of biodiversity. In coral reef fishes, color pattern changes during ontogeny can serve adaptive functions, yet the mechanisms and ecological contexts shaping ...
Laurie J Mitchell +6 more
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A systems biology approach uncovers the core gene regulatory network governing iridophore fate choice from the neural crest. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2018 Multipotent neural crest (NC) progenitors generate an astonishing array of derivatives, including neuronal, skeletal components and pigment cells (chromatophores), but the molecular mechanisms allowing balanced selection of each fate remain unknown.
Kleio Petratou +5 more
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Author Correction: In situ differentiation of iridophore crystallotypes underlies zebrafish stripe patterning [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Dvir Gur +10 more
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In situ differentiation of iridophore crystallotypes underlies zebrafish stripe patterning [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 The skin of zebrafish is patterned by alternating blue stripes and yellow interstripes which arises from guanine crystal-containing cells called iridophores that reflect light.
Dvir Gur +10 more
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Iridophores as a source of robustness in zebrafish stripes and variability in Danio patterns [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 Iridophores interact with other cells to give zebrafish their stripes, but what drives their form shifts is unknown. Here, modelling allows the authors to identify robust cues that may specify iridophore form and to find changes to these cues that likely
Alexandria Volkening, Björn Sandstede
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Synergistic Regulation of Pigment Cell Precursors’ Differentiation and Migration by ednrb1a and ednrb2 in Nile Tilapia [PDF]
CellsThe evolutionary loss of ednrb2 in specific vertebrate lineages, such as mammals and cypriniform fish, raises fundamental questions about its functional necessity and potential redundancy or synergy with paralogous endothelin receptors in pigment cell ...
Zilong Wen +7 more
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