Evolution and Developmental Diversity of Skin Spines in Pufferfishes

Summary: Teleost fishes develop remarkable varieties of skin ornaments. The developmental basis of these structures is poorly understood. The order Tetraodontiformes includes diverse fishes such as the ocean sunfishes, triggerfishes, and pufferfishes, which exhibit a vast assortment of scale derivat...

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Main Authors: Takanori Shono, Alexandre P. Thiery, Rory L. Cooper, Daisuke Kurokawa, Ralf Britz, Masataka Okabe, Gareth J. Fraser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219301853