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Quantitative measurement of melanophore responses to drugs and hormones [PDF]

, 1955
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityWith the attention of many physiologists, pharmacologists, biochemists, and microbiologists focused upon the cell, the quantitation of the responses of single cell effectors is of current interest.
Deutsch, Stanely
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Isolated in the highlands, found in the museum: A new species of Characidium (Crenuchidae) from a Bolivian National Park, with a CT scan revealing features

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A new species of Characidium is described from a small, isolated river in the highland areas of Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia. The new taxon can be diagnosed by the presence of a relatively broad and conspicuous dark midlateral stripe extending from the tip of snout to the base of the caudal fin, markedly darker than the vertical ...
Leonardo Oliveira‐Silva, Karina Or, Angela Zanata, Scott A. Schaefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of inseminating catfish of the genus Tympanopleura (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Ituxi River, Amazon River basin, northern Brazil, revealed by integrative taxonomy

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A new species of the genus Tympanopleura is described from the Iquiri River, a tributary of the Ituxi River, a right‐bank tributary to the Purus River, Amazon River, northern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by a combination of features, such as the presence of an intensely pigmented square‐shaped blotch on the ...
Frank Raynner V. Ribeiro, Cárlison Silva‐Oliveira, Valdenor Magalhães, Lucas Gama, Lúcia H. Rapp Py‐Daniel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Control Strategies in Guanine Biocrystallization

Angewandte Chemie, Volume 138, Issue 18, 27 April 2026.
Biological 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 ...
Shashanka S. Indri, Avital Wagner, Benjamin A. Palmer   +2 more
wiley   +2 more sources

It's not easy being green: Comparing typical skin colouration among amphibians with colour abnormalities associated with chromatophore deficits

Ecology and Evolution
Amphibians 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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Melanism in salamanders: effects of insularity, sex and size on dorsal colouration in Salamandra salamandra

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
In this study we tested the effects of insularity on amphibian colouration using the fire salamander as a model system. Although increased melanism was not a consistent pattern across all islands, salamanders from one island exhibited higher proportions of black pigmentation than mainland populations, while insular populations overall showed reduced ...
L. Alarcón‐Ríos, M. Saabi González, G. Velo‐Antón   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Figure 8: Melanophore proliferation models with our Box initial condition.

, 2023
Figure 8: Melanophore proliferation models with our Box initial condition. Results in (a)–(h) and (j)–(l) arefor Nbir = 150 positions/day. We compute (a)–(d) the EA ABM result across 1000 simulations, and (e)–(h) thesolution of our IDE model with optimal
William Martinson (16466514)
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Differentiation of zebrafish melanophores depends on transcription factors AP2 alpha and AP2 epsilon.

PLoS Genetics, 2010
A model of the gene-regulatory-network (GRN), governing growth, survival, and differentiation of melanocytes, has emerged from studies of mouse coat color mutants and melanoma cell lines.
Eric Van Otterloo, Wei Li, Gregory Bonde, Kristopher M Day, Mei-Yu Hsu, Robert A Cornell   +5 more
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Distinct patterns of pigment development underlie convergent hyperpigmentation between nocturnal and diurnal geckos (Squamata: Gekkota)

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020
Background Evolutionary transitions in temporal niche necessitates specialized morphology, physiology, and behaviors. Diurnal, heliothermic squamates (lizards and snakes) that bask require protection from ultraviolet radiation (UV) that can damage ...
Aaron H. Griffing, Tony Gamble, Aaron M. Bauer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Welfare and Physiological Consequences of Non‐Lethal Blood Sampling From the Caudal Vasculature of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Journal of Fish Diseases, Volume 49, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate welfare and health effects following single and repeated non‐lethal blood sampling from the caudal vasculature of Atlantic salmon. Two experiments were conducted at three different temperatures: a 6‐week freshwater experiment with fish weighing 50–100 g, undergoing up to four blood withdrawals, and a
Harriet Romstad, Camilla Karlsen, Silje Stensby‐Skjærvik, Alf Seljenes Dalum, Maria Banaszkiewicz, Simen Foyn Nørstebø, Jessica Louise Ray, Hege Lund, Torstein Kristensen, Christine Klykken   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source