Article
Cell type diversification and phenotype convergence underlying white fin-ornamentation of cyprinid fishes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Mar 2026
Huang Delai, Liu Tiffany, Carr August A, de Mello Pietro H, Liang Yipeng, Shriver Leah P, Chauvigné François, Johnson Stephen L, Cerdà Joan, Patti Gary J, Parichy David M
Abstract excerpt
Neural crest-derived cells offer valuable opportunities to dissect mechanisms of cell fate specification and differentiation and the underpinnings of cell type diversification over evolutionary time. Particularly useful for such analyses are pigment cells of ectothermic vertebrates that arise from neural crest cells or via latent neural crest-derived stem cells. Among these are white cells, leucophores, present...
Topics
- Animals
- Zebrafish
- Animal Fins
- Pigmentation
- Phenotype
- Cyprinidae
- Biological Evolution
- Neural Crest
- Cell Differentiation
- Pteridines
- Melanophores
- Carotenoids