Article
Not just black and white: pigment pattern development and evolution in vertebrates.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Feb 2009
Mills Margaret G, Patterson Larissa B
Abstract excerpt
Animals display diverse colors and patterns that vary within and between species. Similar phenotypes appear in both closely related and widely divergent taxa. Pigment patterns thus provide an opportunity to explore how development is altered to produce differences in form and whether similar phenotypes share a common genetic basis. Understanding the development and evolution of pigment patterns requires knowledge...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Color
- Humans
- Life Cycle Stages
- Mutation
- Pigmentation
- Vertebrates