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Special features of dermal melanocytes in white silky chicken embryos.
Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) - 1 Jan 2008
Ortolani-Machado Claudia, De Freitas Patrícia, Borges Marisa E, Faraco Cloris
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In the hyperpigmented Silky (SK) chicken, melanoblasts are neural crest cells that emigrate from the neural tube, migrate dorsolaterally, close to the ectoderm and medioventrally, reaching visceral regions of the embryo, as well as populating the dermis. In this work, we analyzed the morphology and distribution of melanocytic lineage cells in white SK embryos at later stages of development (6 to 19 days of...
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