Countershading in zebrafish results from an Asip1 controlled dorsoventral gradient of pigment cell d...
Countershading in zebrafish results from an Asip1 controlled dorsoventral gradient of pigment cell differentiation
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Dorso-ventral (DV) countershading is a highly-conserved pigmentary adaptation in vertebrates. In mammals, spatially regulated expression of agouti-signaling protein (ASIP) generates the difference in shading by driving a switch between the production of chemically-distinct melanins in melanocytes in dorsal and ventral regions. In contrast, fish cou...
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Countershading in zebrafish results from an Asip1 controlled dorsoventral gradient of pigment cell differentiation
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6401153
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6401153
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2045-2322
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2045-2322
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10.1038/s41598-019-40251-z
