Proliferation, dispersal and patterned aggregation of iridophores in the skin prefigure striped colo...
Proliferation, dispersal and patterned aggregation of iridophores in the skin prefigure striped colouration of zebrafish
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The zebrafish trunk has a repetitive pattern of dark stripes and light interstripes, arising from the distribution of distinct pigment cells. Nusslein-Volhard and colleagues have traced clones of pigment cells to show that iridophores forming the interstripes emerge from the dorsal root ganglia into the myoseptum, from where they proliferate and sp...
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Proliferation, dispersal and patterned aggregation of iridophores in the skin prefigure striped colouration of zebrafish
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1758243011
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1758243011
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1465-7392
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1476-4679
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10.1038/ncb2955
