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 …

Colour patterns are prominent features of many animals and have important functions in
communication, such as camouflage, kin recognition and mate choice. As targets for natural …

In vertebrate hearts, the ventricular trabecular myocardium develops as a sponge-like
network of cardiomyocytes that is critical for contraction and conduction, ventricular …

Despite the critical role of endothelial Wnt/β-catenin signaling during central nervous system
(CNS) vascularization, how endothelial cells sense and respond to specific Wnt ligands and …

Pigment patterns are useful for elucidating fundamental mechanisms of pattern formation
and how these mechanisms evolve. In zebrafish, several pigment cell classes interact to …

Thyroid hormone (TH) regulates diverse developmental events and can drive disparate
cellular outcomes. In zebrafish, TH has opposite effects on neural crest derived pigment …

Colour patterns of adult fish are produced by several types of pigment cells that distribute in
the dermis during juvenile development. The zebrafish, Danio rerio, displays a striking …

Teleosts are the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates, and many species undergo
morphological, physiological, and behavioral transitions,“metamorphoses,” as they progress …

More than half a century ago, Alan Turing postulated that pigment patterns may arise from a
mechanism that could be mathematically modeled based on the diffusion of two substances …

Skin pigment patterns of vertebrates are a classic system for understanding fundamental
mechanisms of morphogenesis, differentiation, and pattern formation, and recent studies of …