The neural crest is a stem/progenitor cell population that contributes to a wide variety of
derivatives, including sensory and autonomic ganglia, cartilage and bone of the face and …

Fish coloration, evolved from selection and adaptation, is a prominent feature of remarkable
aquaculture merits. Fish possess more pigment cell types than any other vertebrates and are …

Most genetic susceptibility to cutaneous melanoma remains to be discovered. Meta-analysis
genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 36,760 cases of melanoma (67% newly …

Melanocyte development provides an excellent model for studying more complex
developmental processes. Melanocytes have an apparently simple aetiology, differentiating …

Abstract Background The Cell Ontology (CL) is an OBO Foundry candidate ontology
covering the domain of canonical, natural biological cell types. Since its inception in 2005 …

Neural crest cells are highly multipotent stem cells, but it remains unclear how their fate
restriction to specific fates occurs. The direct fate restriction model hypothesises that …

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 …

Intravital microscopy has become increasingly popular over the past few decades because it
provides high-resolution and real-time information about complex biological processes …

Response and adaptation to stress are critical for the survival of all living organisms. The
regulation of the transcriptional machinery is an important aspect of these complex …

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