Visual input regulates melanophore differentiation [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyIntroductionDevelopmental processes continue in organisms in which sensory systems have reached functional maturity, however, little research has focused on the influence of sensory input on cell and tissue development. Here, we explored the influence of
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Melanophore migration and survival during zebrafish adult pigment stripe development require the immunoglobulin superfamily adhesion molecule Igsf11. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2012 The zebrafish adult pigment pattern has emerged as a useful model for understanding the development and evolution of adult form as well as pattern-forming mechanisms more generally.
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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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Intermediate filaments spatially organize intracellular nanostructures to produce the bright structural blue of ribbontail stingrays across ontogeny [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyIn animals, pigments but also nanostructures determine skin coloration, and many shades are produced by combining both mechanisms. Recently, we discovered a new mechanism for blue coloration in the ribbontail stingray Taeniura lymma, a species with ...
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Morphometric and meristic variations in bream (Abramis brama orientalis, Berg, 1949) during larval development [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2015 This study was conducted to examine morphometric and meristic characteristics alongside pigmentation patterns of bream larvae, Abramis brama orientalis, in four stages of larval development.
Bani, A., Toorchi, M., Norouzi, N.
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Short-term effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in three distinct melanin-pigmented cell types of Anura [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 Ectothermic animals present melanin-containing cells in their integument and viscera. Besides cutaneous melanophores, amphibians have melanomacrophages in the hepatic parenchyma and melanocytes in the viscera, which are also present in their testicular ...
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Zebrafish Larval Melanophores Respond to Electromagnetic Fields Exposure
Applied Sciences, 2023 Groups of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos receive radiations of different frequencies and intensities by means of new prototype devices. They are exposed to static (B0, 0 Hz), extremely low-frequency (ELF, 0.2 Hz), low-frequency (LF, 270 kHz), very-high ...
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Cells, 2021 Zebrafish has emerged as a powerful model in studies dealing with pigment development and pathobiology of pigment diseases. Due to its conserved pigment pattern with established genetic background, the zebrafish is used for screening of active compounds ...
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A histological analysis of coloration in the Peruvian mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Aposematism continues to be a phenomenon of central interest in evolutionary biology. The life history of the mimic poison frog, Ranitomeya imitator, relies heavily on aposematism.
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Characterization of the Leucistic Texas Rat Snake Pantherophis obsoletus
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Albinism and leucism are phenotypes resulting from impaired melanin pigmentation in the skin and skin appendages. However, melanin pigmentation of eyes remains unaffected in leucism.
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