The capacity for internal colour change is related to body transparency in fishes

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-295

  Nilsson Sköld, Helen ^a   Svensson, P Andreas ^b   Zejlon, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MELANIN; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FISH; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SKIN; SKIN COLOR; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; COLOR; FISHES; MELANOCYTES; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

PISCES;

EID: 77949380977     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00674.x     Document Type: Letter

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