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Leucophores are similar to xanthophores in their specification and differentiation processes in medaka.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 May 2014

Kimura Tetsuaki, Nagao Yusuke, Hashimoto Hisashi, Yamamoto-Shiraishi Yo-ichi, Yamamoto Shiori, Yabe Taijiro, Takada Shinji, Kinoshita Masato, Kuroiwa Atsushi, Naruse Kiyoshi

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Animal body color is generated primarily by neural crest-derived pigment cells in the skin. Mammals and birds have only melanocytes on the surface of their bodies; however, fish have a variety of pigment cell types or chromatophores, including melanophores, xanthophores, and iridophores. The medaka has a unique chromatophore type called the leucophore. The genetic basis of chromatophore diversity remains poorly...

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PMID: 24803434
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311254111
PMCID: PMC4034200

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