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Judging a salmon by its spots: environmental variation is the primary determinant of spot patterns in Salmo salar

BACKGROUND: In fish, morphological colour changes occur from variations in pigment concentrations and in the morphology, density, and distribution of chromatophores in the skin. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved in most species. Here, we describe the first investigation into the g...

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Autores principales: Jørgensen, Katarina M., Solberg, Monica F., Besnier, Francois, Thorsen, Anders, Fjelldal, Per Gunnar, Skaala, Øystein, Malde, Ketil, Glover, Kevin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5897946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29650003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0170-3