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

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Classic versus non-classic: A survival Kit for life in the skin

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Unexpected Multipotency of Melanoblasts Isolated from Murine Skin

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Defects in ErbB-Dependent Establishment of Adult Melanocyte Stem Cells Reveal Independent Origins for Embryonic and Regeneration Melanocytes

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

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A nonneural epithelial domain of embryonic cranial neural folds gives rise to ectomesenchyme

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