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Leukocyte tyrosine kinase functions in pigment cell development.
PLoS Genetics, 2008 A fundamental problem in developmental biology concerns how multipotent precursors choose specific fates. Neural crest cells (NCCs) are multipotent, yet the mechanisms driving specific fate choices remain incompletely understood.
Susana S Lopes +13 more
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Semi‐automated MicroED system unveils multiple polymorphs in fish‐derived guanine crystals
Acta Crystallographica Section C, EarlyView.A semi‐automated MicroED data collection and processing system was established and shown to be suitable for the structural investigation of submicrometer‐scale biogenic crystals.Certain fish display silvery or blue colour, not through pigments, but through specialized guanine crystals that exist within iridophore cells in their skin. Within these cells,
Minato Nakazawa +6 more
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Changes in spectral reflexions from the iridophores of the neon tetra. [PDF]
The Journal of Physiology, 1982 1. The iridescent stripe of the freshwater teleost, the neon tetra, changes from green in the daytime to violet‐blue at night. 2. Spectral reflectance measurements were used to follow these colour changes. 3. Light causes a shift in reflectance to longer wavelengths in living fish and in isolated tissue from the lateral stripe.
J N, Lythgoe, J, Shand
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Dynamic colour change predicts movement behaviour in a diadromous fish
Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Dynamic changes in colour and pattern facilitate key behavioural functions in animals, particularly camouflage for predator avoidance. However, the benefits of colour change depend on the environmental and behavioural contexts. We tested how colour change interacts with movement behaviour in a freshwater fish by filming individuals in an open ...
Joshua S. Barrow, John R. Morrongiello
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eLife, 2014 Interactions between all three pigment cell types are required to form the stripe pattern of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio), but their molecular nature is poorly understood.
Uwe Irion +7 more
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Advanced Science, 2022 The ability of some animals to rapidly change their colors can greatly improve their chances of escaping predators or hunting prey. A classic example is cephalopods, which can rapidly shift through a wide range of colors.
Chang Sun +9 more
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Aggregate, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2026.The review discusses stimuli‐responsive hydrogels as soft optical materials that translate physical, chemical, and biological cues into refractive‐index, scattering, birefringence, diffraction, and transparency changes. It examines major stimulus classes and photonic architectures for biosensing, waveguiding, adaptive lenses, smart windows, and therapy.
Andrés Bernal‐Ballén +2 more
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Multiple pigment cell types contribute to the black, blue, and orange ornaments of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The fitness of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) highly depends on the size and number of their black, blue, and orange ornaments. Recently, progress has been made regarding the genetic mechanisms underlying male guppy pigment pattern formation, but we ...
Verena A Kottler +5 more
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Current Protocols, Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2026.Abstract 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 ...
Cinzia Bragato +8 more
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Genetics of white color and iridophoroma in "Lemon Frost" leopard geckos.
PLoS Genetics, 2021 The squamates (lizards and snakes) are close relatives of birds and mammals, with more than 10,000 described species that display extensive variation in a number of important biological traits, including coloration, venom production, and regeneration ...
Longhua Guo +10 more
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