Flexibility of pigment cell behavior permits the robustness of skin pattern formation.

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The striped pigmentation pattern of zebrafish is determined by the interaction between pigment cells with different colors. Recent studies show the behaviors of pigment cells are substantially different according to the environment. Interestingly, the resulting patterns are almost identical, suggesting a robustness of the patterning mechanism. To know how this robustness originates, we investigated the behavior...

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