Flashing spots on the dorsal trunk of hardyhead silverside fish
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 A large number of living creatures are able to use ambient light effectively in biological signalling. Atherinomorus lacunosus, a teleost fish has alignments of circular spots on its dorsal trunk.
Masakazu Iwasaka
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Tight Junction Protein 1a regulates pigment cell organisation during zebrafish colour patterning
eLife, 2015 Zebrafish display a prominent pattern of alternating dark and light stripes generated by the precise positioning of pigment cells in the skin. This arrangement is the result of coordinated cell movements, cell shape changes, and the organisation of ...
Andrey Fadeev +4 more
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Zebrafish Embryos to Profile Nano(bio)materials: A Modular Platform for Developmental Toxicity, Neurotoxicity, and Inflammation-Regeneration Assays. [PDF]
Curr ProtocAbstract Zebrafish embryos provide a rapid, low‐cost in vivo platform to profile the developmental, neurotoxic, and immunomodulatory effects of engineered nano(bio)materials within a single vertebrate system. This article presents a modular workflow that integrates standardized fish embryo acute toxicity (FET) testing, chemically assisted ...
Bragato C +8 more
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ULTRASTRUCTURE OF A CEPHALOPOD PHOTOPHORE. II. IRIDOPHORES AS REFLECTORS AND TRANSMITTERS
The Biological Bulletin, 1974 The iridophores of one type of photophore of the deep sea squid, Pterygioteuthis microlampas were examined with the electron microscope and four different types were found. Three of these types have not been previously described. The regular iridophores of the posterior cup appear to be one-fourth wave length reflectors and redirect the light produced ...
Arnold, John M. +2 more
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Single-Nucleus Transcriptional Profiling Revealed Cell Diversity and Albino Mutation Mechanism in the Skin of Channa argus. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciBody color is the most prominent phenotypic trait in animals. To investigate the molecular regulatory mechanisms underlying skin pigmentation and body color in Channa argus, single-nucleus RNA sequencing technology was employed to analyze cell diversity ...
Zhang L +9 more
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A gene expression study of dorso-ventrally restricted pigment pattern in adult fins of Neolamprologus meeli, an African cichlid species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Fish color patterns are among the most diverse phenotypic traits found in the animal kingdom. Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control in chromatophore distribution and pigmentation underlying this diversity is a major goal in ...
Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Kristina M. Sefc
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Iridophore ablation perturbed xanthophore and melanophore patterning.
, 2013 (A, B) Wild-type siblings that were either not injected (A) or injected (B) with pnp4a:NTR plasmid and then treated with Mtz beginning at 5 SSL, prior to the the onset of xanthophore differentiation.
David M. Parichy (144068) +1 more
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Maintenance of melanophore morphology and survival is cathepsin and vps11 dependent in zebrafish. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Here, we characterize a Danio rerio zebrafish pigment cell mutant (melanophore integrity mutant), which displays a defect in maintenance of melanophore and iridophore number.
Lauren F Clancey +3 more
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Iridophores and their interactions with other chromatophores are required for stripe formation in zebrafish [PDF]
Development, 2013 Colour patterns of adult fish are produced by several types of pigment cells that distribute in the dermis during juvenile development. The zebrafish, Danio rerio, displays a striking pattern of dark stripes of melanophores interspersed by light stripes of xanthophores.
Frohnhöfer, H. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4038-7089 +3 more
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Bar, stripe and spot development in sand-dwelling cichlids from Lake Malawi
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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