Melanophores in the stripes of adult zebrafish do not have the nature to gather, but disperse when they have the space to move

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 677-686

  Takahashi, Go ^a   Kondo, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Melanophore; Migration; Pigment pattern; Xanthophore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MIGRATION; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; CHROMATOPHORES; MELANOPHORES; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 56249106531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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