Genetic control of adult pigment stripe development in zebrafish.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1995.1004

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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 th...

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Animals
Melanocytes
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Phenotype
Pigments, Biological
Zebrafish

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