What insights into vertebrate pigmentation has the axolotl model system provided?

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 685-693

  Frost Mason, Sally K ^a   Mason, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axolotls; Iridophores; Melanophores; Pigmentation; Xanthophores

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ALBINISM; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MELANOPHORE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; MELANOPHORES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0029791667     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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