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Drosophila wing melanin patterns form by vein-dependent elaboration of enzymatic prepatterns.
Current biology : CB - 2 Dec 1999
True J R, Edwards K A, Yamamoto D, Carroll S B
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BACKGROUND: Animal melanin patterns are involved in diverse aspects of their ecology, from thermoregulation to mimicry. Many theoretical models have simulated pigment patterning, but little is known about the developmental mechanisms of color pattern formation. In Drosophila melanogaster, several genes are known to be necessary for cuticular melanization, but the involvement of these genes in melanin pattern...
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