Ocular-Side Lateralization of Adult-Type Chromatophore Precursors: Development of Pigment Asymmetry in Metamorphosing Flounder Larvae

Relevance of environmental factors and physiological pigment hormones to blind-side hypermelanosis in the cultured flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus

(2012) Duk-Young Kang et al.   AQUACULTURE

The Medaka zic1/zic4 Mutant Provides Molecular Insights into Teleost Caudal Fin Evolution

(2012) Yuuta Moriyama et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Continuous illumination through larval development suppresses dopamine synthesis in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, causing activation of α-MSH synthesis in the pituitary and abnormal metamorphic skin pigmentation in flounder

(2012) Kae Itoh et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Pseudoalbinism and ambicoloration in hatchery-reared pleuronectids as malformations of asymmetrical formation

(2011) Masato Aritaki et al.   FISHERIES SCIENCE

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

Adult-type pigment cells, which color the ocular sides of flounders at metamorphosis, localize as precursor cells at the proximal parts of the dorsal and anal fins in early larvae

(2010) Kohei Watanabe et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Metamorphic pitx2 expression in the left habenula correlated with lateralization of eye-sidedness in flounder

(2010) Tohru Suzuki et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Origin of adult-type pigment cells forming the asymmetric pigment pattern, in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

(2010) Toshiyuki Yamada et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Dual appearance of xanthophores, and ontogenetic changes in other pigment cells during early development of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

(2010) Mitsuo Nakamura et al.   FISHERIES SCIENCE

Inhibiting roles of melanin-concentrating hormone for skin pigment dispersion in barfin flounder, Verasper moseri

(2010) Kanta Mizusawa et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Schwann Cell Precursors from Nerve Innervation Are a Cellular Origin of Melanocytes in Skin

(2009) Igor Adameyko et al.   CELL