Judging a salmon by its spots: environmental variation is the primary determinant of spot patterns in Salmo salar

Abstract Background In fish, morphological colour changes occur from variations in pigment concentrations and in the morphology, density, and distribution of chromatophores in the skin. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved in most species. Here, we describe the first investigation in...

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Main Authors: Katarina M. Jørgensen, Monica F. Solberg, Francois Besnier, Anders Thorsen, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Øystein Skaala, Ketil Malde, Kevin A. Glover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Ecology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-018-0170-3