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SUBMITTER: Parichy DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276524 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pigment cell & melanoma research 20141216 1
Teleosts comprise about half of all vertebrate species and exhibit an extraordinary diversity of adult pigment patterns that function in shoaling, camouflage, and mate choice and have played important roles in speciation. Here, we review studies that have identified several distinct neural crest lineages, with distinct genetic requirements, that give rise to adult pigment cells in fishes. These lineages include post-embryonic, peripheral nerve-associated stem cells that generate black melanophor ...[more]