Pigment patterns in adult fish result from superimposition of two largely independent pigmentation mechanisms

Proliferation, dispersal and patterned aggregation of iridophores in the skin prefigure striped colouration of zebrafish

(2014) Ajeet Pratap Singh et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Iridophores and their interactions with other chromatophores are required for stripe formation in zebrafish

(2013) H. G. Frohnhofer et al.   DEVELOPMENT

On the embryonic origin of adult melanophores: the role of ErbB and Kit signalling in establishing melanophore stem cells in zebrafish

(2013) C. M. Dooley et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Dietary-Induced Pseudo-Albinism during Post-Embryonic Development of Solea senegalensis (Kaup, 1858)

(2013) Maria J. Darias et al.   PLoS One

Interactions with Iridophores and the Tissue Environment Required for Patterning Melanophores and Xanthophores during Zebrafish Adult Pigment Stripe Formation

(2013) Larissa B. Patterson et al.   PLoS Genetics

transparent, a gene affecting stripe formation in Zebrafish, encodes the mitochondrial protein Mpv17 that is required for iridophore survival

(2013) J. Krauss et al.   Biology Open

Transient Ectopic Overexpression of Agouti-Signalling Protein 1 (Asip1) Induces Pigment Anomalies in Flatfish

(2012) Raúl Guillot et al.   PLoS One

Pigment Pattern Formation by Contact-Dependent Depolarization

(2012) M. Inaba et al.   SCIENCE

The Developmental Role of Agouti in Color Pattern Evolution

(2011) M. Manceau et al.   SCIENCE

An Iterative Genetic and Dynamical Modelling Approach Identifies Novel Features of the Gene Regulatory Network Underlying Melanocyte Development

(2011) Emma R. Greenhill et al.   PLoS Genetics

Post-Embryonic Nerve-Associated Precursors to Adult Pigment Cells: Genetic Requirements and Dynamics of Morphogenesis and Differentiation

(2011) Erine H. Budi et al.   PLoS Genetics

mitfa is required at multiple stages of melanocyte differentiation but not to establish the melanocyte stem cell

(2010) Stephen L. Johnson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Normal table of postembryonic zebrafish development: Staging by externally visible anatomy of the living fish

(2009) David M. Parichy et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Molecular and pharmacological characterization of the melanocortin type 1 receptor in the sea bass

(2009) E. Sánchez et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

A Novel Role for Mc1r in the Parallel Evolution of Depigmentation in Independent Populations of the Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus

(2009) Joshua B. Gross et al.   PLoS Genetics

Sparc (Osteonectin) functions in morphogenesis of the pharyngeal skeleton and inner ear

(2008) Josep Rotllant et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Regulation of eumelaninpheomelanin synthesis and visible pigmentation in melanocytes by ligands of the melanocortin 1 receptor

(2008) Elodie Le Pape et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Animal pigment pattern: An integrative model system for studying the development, evolution, and regeneration of form

(2008) David M. Parichy   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Stripes and belly-spots—A review of pigment cell morphogenesis in vertebrates

(2008) Robert N. Kelsh et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Leukocyte Tyrosine Kinase Functions in Pigment Cell Development

(2008) Susana S. Lopes et al.   PLoS Genetics