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SUBMITTER: Walderich B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4853480 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20160427
The adult striped pattern of zebrafish is composed of melanophores, iridophores and xanthophores arranged in superimposed layers in the skin. Previous studies have revealed that the assembly of pigment cells into stripes involves heterotypic interactions between all three chromatophore types. Here we investigate the role of homotypic interactions between cells of the same chromatophore type. Introduction of labelled progenitors into mutants lacking the corresponding cell type allowed us to defin ...[more]