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Multiple Pigment Cell Types Contribute to the Black, Blue, and Orange Ornaments of Male Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

The fitness of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata) highly depends on the size and number of their black, blue, and orange ornaments. Recently, progress has been made regarding the genetic mechanisms underlying male guppy pigment pattern formation, but we still know little about the pigment cell organ...

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Autores principales: Kottler, Verena A., Koch, Iris, Flötenmeyer, Matthias, Hashimoto, Hisashi, Weigel, Detlef, Dreyer, Christine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085647