Cargando…

Tissue-specific geometry and chemistry of modern and fossilized melanosomes reveal internal anatomy of extinct vertebrates

Recent discoveries of nonintegumentary melanosomes in extant and fossil amphibians offer potential insights into the physiological functions of melanin not directly related to color production, but the phylogenetic distribution and evolutionary history of these internal melanosomes has not been char...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rossi, Valentina, McNamara, Maria E., Webb, Sam M., Ito, Shosuke, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31427524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820285116

Ejemplares similares