Investigations on the effects of chromatic spinal section on the so-called 'morphological' colour changes of the minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus (L.)) with observations on the rate of pigment migration in the newly-formed melanophores
Intact and chromatically spinal sectioned minnows of known background histories; were exposed to illuminated white and black backgrounds for 2 months. A definite skin area was photographed and the melanophores lost and formed in it were recorded. Loss and formation of melanophores occurred simultane...
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Royal Holloway, University of London
1970
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