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Sdf1a patterns zebrafish melanophores and links the somite and melanophore pattern defects in choker mutants.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 2007
Svetic Valentina, Hollway Georgina E, Elworthy Stone, Chipperfield Thomas R, Davison Claire, Adams Richard J, Eisen Judith S, Ingham Philip W, Currie Peter D, Kelsh Robert N
Abstract excerpt
Pigment pattern formation in zebrafish presents a tractable model system for studying the morphogenesis of neural crest derivatives. Embryos mutant for choker manifest a unique pigment pattern phenotype that combines a loss of lateral stripe melanophores with an ectopic melanophore ;collar' at the head-trunk border. We find that defects in neural crest migration are largely restricted to the lateral migration...
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