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 +2 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 Kraus +2 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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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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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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Control Strategies in Guanine Biocrystallization. [PDF]
Angew Chem Int Ed EnglBiological guanine crystals produce spectacular photonic phenomena in animals and hold great promise as new, sustainable optical materials. We review how organisms precisely control the structure, morphologies, and resulting optical properties of these crystals using a set of ingenious ‘design’ strategies, including control of pH, template‐directed ...
Indri SS, Wagner A, Palmer BA.
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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 ...
Goda M +11 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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Pigment pattern morphospace of Danio fishes: evolutionary diversification and mutational effects
Biology Open, 2021 Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying variation in adult form remain largely unknown. Adult pigment patterns of fishes in the genus Danio, which includes zebrafish, Danio rerio, consist of horizontal stripes, vertical bars, spots and uniform ...
Braedan M. McCluskey +4 more
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