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Genetic control of adult pigment stripe development in zebrafish.
Developmental biology - 1 Jan 1995
Johnson S L, Africa D, Walker C, Weston J A
Abstract excerpt
Adult zebrafish stripes are formed from stripes of gold iridophores alternating with stripes of black melanocytes lying beneath silver stripes. Analysis of defects in pigment pattern development caused by sparse (spa, rose (ros), and leopard (leo) single and double mutant combinations suggests that spa+ and ros+ functions are required for development of separate populations of pigment cells in the adult and that...
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