Colour Confusion: Reviewing Ambiguities in the Identification and Classification of Chromatophore Deficiencies Among Amphibians [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe colour of amphibian skin and eyes (retina and iris) is the result of light interacting with cells called chromatophores, primarily xanthophores, iridophores and melanophores, that can be found in various combinations.
John Gould
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Neon-green fluorescence in the desert gecko Pachydactylus rangei caused by iridophores [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Biofluorescence is widespread in the natural world, but only recently discovered in terrestrial vertebrates. Here, we report on the discovery of iridophore-based, neon-green flourescence in the gecko Pachydactylus rangei, localised to the skin around the
David Prötzel +4 more
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Endothelin signalling in iridophore development and stripe pattern formation of zebrafish [PDF]
Biology Open, 2014 Colour patterns of adult fish are composed of several different types of pigment cells distributing in the skin during juvenile development. The zebrafish, Danio rerio, displays a striking pattern of dark stripes of melanophores interspersed with light ...
Jana Krauss +6 more
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transparent, a gene affecting stripe formation in Zebrafish, encodes the mitochondrial protein Mpv17 that is required for iridophore survival [PDF]
Biology Open, 2013 Summary In the skin of adult zebrafish, three pigment cell types arrange into alternating horizontal stripes, melanophores in dark stripes, xanthophores in light interstripes and iridophores in both stripes and interstripes.
Jana Krauss +4 more
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Modulation of light localization in the iridophores of the deep-sea highlight hatchetfish Sternoptyx pseudobscura under magnetic field [PDF]
AIP Advances, 2017 Efficient light control by certain tissue in bioluminescent fish offers potential for new optical devices. In the world’s deep-seas, there are numerous fish species with such bioluminescence yet to be discovered.
M. Iwasaka, S. Ohtsuka
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Inconspicuous breeding coloration to conceal eggs during mouthbrooding in male cardinalfish [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Animals exhibit colorations optimal for their niche, which hides their existence from other organisms. In Apogoninae fishes, the father broods their egg inside their mouth.
Hikaru Ishihara, Shinji Kanda
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Bar, stripe and spot development in sand-dwelling cichlids from Lake Malawi [PDF]
EvoDevo, 2019 Background Melanic patterns such as horizontal stripes, vertical bars and spots are common among teleost fishes and often serve roles in camouflage or mimicry. Extensive research in the zebrafish model has shown that the development of horizontal stripes
Laura A. Hendrick +5 more
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Functions of thyroid hormone signaling in regulating melanophore, iridophore, erythrophore, and pigment pattern formation in spotted scat (Scatophagus argus) [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Spotted scat, a marine aquaculture fish, has variable body color development stages during their ontogenesis. However, the regulatory mechanism of body color patterns formation was poorly understood.
Yongguan Liao +6 more
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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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The zebrafish orthologue of the human hepatocerebral disease gene MPV17 plays pleiotropic roles in mitochondria [PDF]
Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2019 Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes (MDS) are a group of rare autosomal recessive disorders with early onset and no cure available. MDS are caused by mutations in nuclear genes involved in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) maintenance, and characterized by ...
Laura Martorano +9 more
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