Aquaculture Reports, 2022 Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is an important species in aquaculture and an excellent model fish for studying teleost color patterns. Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor a (csf1ra) is critical for xanthophores development and body color formation
Baoyue Lu +6 more
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Body coloration and mechanisms of colour production in Archelosauria: the case of deirocheline turtles [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Animal body coloration is a complex trait resulting from the interplay of multiple mechanisms. While many studies address the functions of animal coloration, the mechanisms of colour production still remain unknown in most taxa.
Jindřich Brejcha +7 more
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Morphological and molecular characterization of dietary-induced pseudo-albinism during post-embryonic development of Solea senegalensis (Kaup, 1858). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The appearance of the pseudo-albino phenotype was investigated in developing Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis, Kaup 1858) larvae at morphological and molecular levels.
Maria J Darias +7 more
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Generation of a white-albino phenotype from cobalt blue and yellow-albino rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Inheritance pattern and chromatophores analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Albinism is the most common color variation described in fish and is characterized by a white or yellow phenotype according to the species. In rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, aside from yellow-albino phenotypes, cobalt blue variants with autosomal ...
Ricardo Shohei Hattori +6 more
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Eye Darkening Under Dehydration Stress in the Neotropical Frog Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799). [PDF]
J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr PhysiolDehydration induces a strong and partially reversible increase in iris pigmentation in the Neotropical frog Boana punctata. The tight relationship between iris darkening and hydration state identifies ocular pigmentation as a simple, non‐invasive physiological biomarker with broad potential for assessing hydric stress in amphibian populations ...
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Distinct interactions of Sox5 and Sox10 in fate specification of pigment cells in medaka and zebrafish. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2018 Mechanisms generating diverse cell types from multipotent progenitors are fundamental for normal development. Pigment cells are derived from multipotent neural crest cells and their diversity in teleosts provides an excellent model for studying ...
Yusuke Nagao +11 more
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A Recessive oca2 Mutation Underlies Albinism in Xiphophorus Fish. [PDF]
Pigment Cell Melanoma ResGenetic mapping of albino Xiphophorus hellerii showed that albinism is associated with a recessive oca2 variant. This variant leads to early termination of the Oca2 protein. This study identifies a novel model system to investigate conserved mechanisms of pigmentation biology.
Xing Y +5 more
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Ultrastructural and biochemical analysis of epidermal xanthophores and dermal chromatophores of the teleost Sparus aurata [PDF]
, 2011 We have studied the pigmentary system of the teleost Sparus aurata skin by electron microscopy and chromatographic analysis. Under electron microscopy, we found the dermis to contain the three major types of recognized chromatophores: melanophores ...
Ferrer, Concepción +2 more
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Zebrafish endzone regulates neural crest-derived chromatophore differentiation and morphology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The development of neural crest-derived pigment cells has been studied extensively as a model for cellular differentiation, disease and environmental adaptation.
Brigitte L Arduini +2 more
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Ultrastructure of the dermal chromatophores in the Fringe-toed lizard, Acanthodactylus orientalis
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2017 Histology and electron microscopic studies of the dorsal skin of the Fringe-toed lizard, Acanthodactylus orientalis Angel, 1936, showed three types of dermal chromatophores: xanthophores, iridophores and melanophores. These pigment cells were observed in
Bilal A. Paray, Mohammed K. Al-Sadoon
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