The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Reaction Diffusion in Vertebrate Skin Color Patterning

Somitic positional information guides self-organized patterning of snake scales

(2023) Athanasia C. Tzika et al.   Science Advances

Lizard Skin Patterns and the Ising Model

(2022) Szabolcs Zakany et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Modeling convergent scale-by-scale skin color patterning in multiple species of lizards

(2022) Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Periodic spatial patterning with a single morphogen

(2022) Sheng Wang et al.   Cell Systems

Emergence of self-organizational patterning at the mesoscopic scale

(2021) Michel C. Milinkovitch   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Reaction-diffusion in a growing 3D domain of skin scales generates a discrete cellular automaton

(2021) Anamarija Fofonjka et al.   Nature Communications

Morphogen gradient scaling by recycling of intracellular Dpp

(2021) Maria Romanova-Michaelides et al.   NATURE

Studies of Turing pattern formation in zebrafish skin

(2021) Shigeru Kondo et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

BMP Signaling Gradient Scaling in the Zebrafish Pectoral Fin

(2020) Rita Mateus et al.   Cell Reports

A quantitative modelling approach to zebrafish pigment pattern formation

(2020) Jennifer P Owen et al.   eLife

Genome mapping of aLYSTmutation in corn snakes indicates that vertebrate chromatophore vesicles are lysosome-related organelles

(2020) Asier Ullate-Agote et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Population structure, inbreeding and stripe pattern abnormalities in plains zebras

(2020) Brenda Larison et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Pattern blending enriches the diversity of animal colorations

(2020) Seita Miyazawa   Science Advances

Feather arrays are patterned by interacting signalling and cell density waves

(2019) William K. W. Ho et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Self-Organization in Pattern Formation

(2019) François Schweisguth et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Zebrafish Pigment Pattern Formation: Insights into the Development and Evolution of Adult Form

(2019) Larissa B. Patterson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The embryonic origin of periodic color patterns

(2019) Nicolas Haupaix et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Positional information and tissue scaling during development and regeneration

(2019) Daniel Čapek et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Critical Point in Self-Organized Tissue Growth

(2018) Daniel Aguilar-Hidalgo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The periodic coloration in birds forms through a prepattern of somite origin

(2018) Nicolas Haupaix et al.   SCIENCE

Iridophores as a source of robustness in zebrafish stripes and variability in Danio patterns

(2018) Alexandria Volkening et al.   Nature Communications

A living mesoscopic cellular automaton made of skin scales

(2017) Liana Manukyan et al.   NATURE

A macrophage relay for long-distance signaling during postembryonic tissue remodeling

(2017) Dae Seok Eom et al.   SCIENCE

Pattern formation in discrete cell tissues under long range filopodia-based direct cell to cell contact

(2016) Georgios Vasilopoulos et al.   MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES

Reaction–diffusion processes at the nano- and microscales

(2016) Irving R. Epstein et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

High-throughput mathematical analysis identifies Turing networks for patterning with equally diffusing signals

(2016) Luciano Marcon et al.   eLife

Zebrafish Stripes as a Model for Vertebrate Colour Pattern Formation

(2015) Ajeet Pratap Singh et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Positional information and reaction-diffusion: two big ideas in developmental biology combine

(2015) J. B. A. Green et al.   DEVELOPMENT

R2OBBIE-3D, a Fast Robotic High-Resolution System for Quantitative Phenotyping of Surface Geometry and Colour-Texture

(2015) António F. Martins et al.   PLoS One

Comment on "Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish"

(2015) M. Watanabe et al.   SCIENCE

Photonic crystals cause active colour change in chameleons

(2015) Jérémie Teyssier et al.   Nature Communications

Long-distance communication by specialized cellular projections during pigment pattern development and evolution

(2015) Dae Seok Eom et al.   eLife

A Local, Self-Organizing Reaction-Diffusion Model Can Explain Somite Patterning in Embryos

(2015) James Cotterell et al.   Cell Systems

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

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

In vitro analysis suggests that difference in cell movement during direct interaction can generate various pigment patterns in vivo

(2014) Hiroaki Yamanaka et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish

(2014) P. Mahalwar et al.   SCIENCE

A Doppler effect in embryonic pattern formation

(2014) D. Soroldoni et al.   SCIENCE

Pigment cell interactions and differential xanthophore recruitment underlying zebrafish stripe reiteration and Danio pattern evolution

(2014) Larissa B. Patterson et al.   Nature Communications

Precise colocalization of interacting structural and pigmentary elements generates extensive color pattern variation in Phelsuma lizards

(2013) Suzanne V Saenko et al.   BMC 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

Involvement of Delta/Notch signaling in zebrafish adult pigment stripe patterning

(2013) H. Hamada et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Genetics and evolution of colour patterns in reptiles

(2013) Mats Olsson et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

The segmentation clock: inherited trait or universal design principle?

(2012) David L Richmond et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Changing clothes easily: connexin41.8 regulates skin pattern variation

(2012) Masakatsu Watanabe et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Unraveling the thread of nature’s tapestry: the genetics of diversity and convergence in animal pigmentation

(2012) Marcus R. Kronforst et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Pigment Pattern Formation by Contact-Dependent Depolarization

(2012) M. Inaba et al.   SCIENCE

Melanophore Migration and Survival during Zebrafish Adult Pigment Stripe Development Require the Immunoglobulin Superfamily Adhesion Molecule Igsf11

(2012) Dae Seok Eom et al.   PLoS Genetics

Dynamics of Dpp Signaling and Proliferation Control

(2011) O. Wartlick et al.   SCIENCE

Reaction-Diffusion Model as a Framework for Understanding Biological Pattern Formation

(2010) S. Kondo et al.   SCIENCE

Blending of animal colour patterns by hybridization

(2010) Seita Miyazawa et al.   Nature Communications

‘Big frog, small frog’- maintaining proportions in embryonic development

(2009) Naama Barkai et al.   FEBS Journal

A unity underlying the different zebra striping patterns

(2009) B. L. Bard Jonathan   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Interactions between zebrafish pigment cells responsible for the generation of Turing patterns

(2009) A. Nakamasu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of Coloration Patterns

(2008) Meredith E. Protas et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Embryonic requirements for ErbB signaling in neural crest development and adult pigment pattern formation

(2008) E. H. Budi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Selection for Social Signalling Drives the Evolution of Chameleon Colour Change

(2008) Devi Stuart-Fox et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY