Epigenetic’s role in fish pigmentation

The agouti coat colour gene encodes a paracrine signalling molecule whose differential expression produces the characteristic dorsal-ventral pigment pattern observed in most mammals. We have recently demonstrated that this well-characterised mechanism from mammals also applies to fish with their muc...

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Main Authors: Laura Cal Delgado, Paloma Morán Martínez, Jose Miguel Cerda Reverter, Robert Kelsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00063/full