Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and Snakes
In order to understand molecular and genetic mechanism of color pattern formation, not only adult phenotypes but also processes and mechanisms of color production and pattern formation during embryonic and postembryonic stages should be described. The pigment cell based color production and pattern...
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| author | Takeo Kuriyama Arata Murakami Arata Murakami Matt Brandley Masami Hasegawa |
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| description | In order to understand molecular and genetic mechanism of color pattern formation, not only adult phenotypes but also processes and mechanisms of color production and pattern formation during embryonic and postembryonic stages should be described. The pigment cell based color production and pattern formation during embryogenesis were reviewed for the recent studies on lizards and snakes, by focusing on different color production mechanisms in terms of epidermal and dermal pigment cell architectures, and then discuss the genetic determinants of pattern formation considering both biologically relevant theoretical models which consider pigment cell specification, migration, and architecture differentiation. Clarifying the contributions of pigment cells and genetic factors improves our general understanding of reptilian color pattern evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e879fffa61484404a84762226f5fa5d32022-12-21T23:39:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2020-08-01810.3389/fevo.2020.00232519981Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and SnakesTakeo Kuriyama0Arata Murakami1Arata Murakami2Matt Brandley3Masami Hasegawa4Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, Tamba, JapanLaboratory of Geographical Ecology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Chiba, JapanKaiyo High School, Gamagori, JapanSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaLaboratory of Geographical Ecology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Chiba, JapanIn order to understand molecular and genetic mechanism of color pattern formation, not only adult phenotypes but also processes and mechanisms of color production and pattern formation during embryonic and postembryonic stages should be described. The pigment cell based color production and pattern formation during embryogenesis were reviewed for the recent studies on lizards and snakes, by focusing on different color production mechanisms in terms of epidermal and dermal pigment cell architectures, and then discuss the genetic determinants of pattern formation considering both biologically relevant theoretical models which consider pigment cell specification, migration, and architecture differentiation. Clarifying the contributions of pigment cells and genetic factors improves our general understanding of reptilian color pattern evolution.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00232/fullpigment cellsembryogenesispolymorphismmelanismreptile |
| spellingShingle | Takeo Kuriyama Arata Murakami Arata Murakami Matt Brandley Masami Hasegawa Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and Snakes Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution pigment cells embryogenesis polymorphism melanism reptile |
| title | Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and Snakes |
| title_full | Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and Snakes |
| title_fullStr | Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and Snakes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and Snakes |
| title_short | Blue, Black, and Stripes: Evolution and Development of Color Production and Pattern Formation in Lizards and Snakes |
| title_sort | blue black and stripes evolution and development of color production and pattern formation in lizards and snakes |
| topic | pigment cells embryogenesis polymorphism melanism reptile |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00232/full |
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