Is pigment cell pattern formation in zebrafish a game of cops and robbers?

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 686-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Woolley ◽  
Philip K. Maini ◽  
Eamonn A. Gaffney
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Pigment Cell ◽  
Cell Pattern ◽  
Cops And Robbers

Zebrafish Pigment Pattern Formation: Insights into the Development and Evolution of Adult Form

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 505-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa B. Patterson ◽  
David M. Parichy
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Pigment Cell ◽  
Cell Lineage ◽  
Pigment Cells ◽  
Cellular Interactions ◽  
Lineage Specification ◽  
Pigment Pattern ◽  
Adult Form ◽  
Pattern Development ◽  
Pigment Patterns

Vertebrate pigment patterns are diverse and fascinating adult traits that allow animals to recognize conspecifics, attract mates, and avoid predators. Pigment patterns in fish are among the most amenable traits for studying the cellular basis of adult form, as the cells that produce diverse patterns are readily visible in the skin during development. The genetic basis of pigment pattern development has been most studied in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Zebrafish adults have alternating dark and light horizontal stripes, resulting from the precise arrangement of three main classes of pigment cells: black melanophores, yellow xanthophores, and iridescent iridophores. The coordination of adult pigment cell lineage specification and differentiation with specific cellular interactions and morphogenetic behaviors is necessary for stripe development. Besides providing a nice example of pattern formation responsible for an adult trait of zebrafish, stripe-forming mechanisms also provide a conceptual framework for posing testable hypotheses about pattern diversification more broadly. Here, we summarize what is known about lineages and molecular interactions required for pattern formation in zebrafish, we review some of what is known about pattern diversification in Danio, and we speculate on how patterns in more distant teleosts may have evolved to produce a stunningly diverse array of patterns in nature.

scholarly journals StuA is required for cell pattern formation in Aspergillus.

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 1770-1782 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Y Miller ◽  
J Wu ◽  
B L Miller
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Cell Pattern

Biological surface engineering: a simple system for cell pattern formation

Biomaterials ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 1213-1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuguang Zhang ◽  
Lin Yan ◽  
Michael Altman ◽  
Michael Lässle ◽  
Helen Nugent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Surface Engineering ◽  
Simple System ◽  
Cell Pattern ◽  
Biological Surface

scholarly journals Epha2 and Efna5 participate in lens cell pattern-formation

2018 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuefang Zhou ◽  
Alan Shiels
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Cell Pattern ◽  
Lens Cell
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