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Pigment pattern formation by contact-dependent depolarization.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 10 Feb 2012

Inaba Masafumi, Yamanaka Hiroaki, Kondo Shigeru

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Although recent experimental studies have suggested that the interactions among the pigment cells play a key role in the skin pattern formation, details of the mechanism remain largely unknown. By using an in vitro cell culture system, we have detected interactions between the two pigment cell types, melanophores and xanthophores, in the zebrafish skin. During primary culture, the melanophore membrane transiently...

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PMID: 22323812
DOI: 10.1126/science.1212821

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