Pigmentation

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comprehensive re-assessment of the association between vitamin D and cancer susceptibility using Mendelian randomization. 
  • A reversible color polyphenism in American peppered moth (Biston betularia cognataria) caterpillars. 
  • A sensitized mutagenesis screen identifies Gli3 as a modifier of Sox10 neurocristopathy. 
  • Adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) as the mediator of the actions of melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) and norepinephrine on the frog skin. 
  • Altered trans-regulatory control of gene expression in multiple anthocyanin genes contributes to adaptive flower color evolution in Mimulus aurantiacus. 
  • Analysis of genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences in studying phylogenetics of dematiaceous fungal pathogens. 
  • Ancient Gene Duplications, Rather Than Polyploidization, Facilitate Diversification of Petal Pigmentation Patterns in Clarkia gracilis (Onagraceae). 
  • Assessment of the phototoxicity of weathered Alaska North Slope crude oil to juvenile pink salmon. 
  • Balancing selection on a floral polymorphism. 
  • Blocking Dishevelled signaling in the noncanonical Wnt pathway in sea urchins disrupts endoderm formation and spiculogenesis, but not secondary mesoderm formation. 
  • Categorical perception of colour signals in a songbird. 
  • Chromatophoromas and chromatophore hyperplasia in Pacific rockfish (Sebastes spp.). 
  • Chromophore based analyses of steady-state diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: current status and perspectives for clinical adoption. 
  • Comment on "Evolutionary paths underlying flower color variation in Antirrhinum" 
  • Constraint and developmental dissociation of phenotypic integration in a genetically accommodated trait. 
  • Core-shell nanospheres behind the blue eyes of the bay scallop Argopecten irradians . 
  • Cryptococcus neoformans mates on pigeon guano: implications for the realized ecological niche and globalization. 
  • Development of polyploidy of scale-building cells in the wings of Manduca sexta. 
  • Developmental changes in carbachol-stimulated inositolphosphate release in pigmented rat retina. 
  • Disentangling the visual cues used by a jumping spider to locate its microhabitat. 
  • Diverse nanostructures underlie thin ultra-black scales in butterflies. 
  • Drosophila mutants suggest a strong drive toward complexity in evolution 
  • Ectoderm cell--ECM interaction is essential for sea urchin embryo skeletogenesis. 
  • Effect of pigmentation on the mechanical and polymerization characteristics of bone cement. 
  • Effects of a locus affecting floral pigmentation in Ipomoea purpurea on female fitness components. 
  • Effects of variation at the flower-colour A locus on mating system parameters in Ipomoea purpurea. 
  • Elements of butterfly wing patterns. 
  • Evolution of a polyphenism by genetic accommodation. 
  • Evolution: spot on (and off). 
  • Exposure of developing chicks to perfluorooctanoic acid induces defects in prehatch and early posthatch development. 
  • Fluorescence as a means of colour signal enhancement. 
  • Focus on butterfly eyespot development. 
  • Functional evolution of an anthocyanin pathway enzyme during a flower color transition. 
  • Gene duplication in Mimulus underlies parallel floral evolution via independent trans-regulatory changes. 
  • Gene loss and parallel evolution contribute to species difference in flower color. 
  • Genetic basis of adaptive evolution of a polyphenism by genetic accommodation. 
  • Genetic changes contributing to the parallel evolution of red floral pigmentation among Ipomoea species. 
  • Genetic divergence causes parallel evolution of flower color in Chilean Mimulus. 
  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci predisposing to cutaneous melanoma. 
  • Hidden in plain sight: the ecology and physiology of organismal transparency. 
  • Human Colors-The Rainbow Garden of Pathology: What Gives Normal and Pathologic Tissues Their Color? 
  • Identification of major quantitative trait loci underlying floral pollination syndrome divergence in Penstemon. 
  • Identification of two genes causing reinforcement in the Texas wildflower Phlox drummondii. 
  • Independent development of homologous pattern elements in the wing patterns of butterflies. 
  • Lessons from flower colour evolution on targets of selection. 
  • Lysosomes and the skin. 
  • Melanin deposition in two Cryptococcus species depends on cell-wall composition and flexibility. 
  • Mesopelagic cephalopods switch between transparency and pigmentation to optimize camouflage in the deep. 
  • Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) locus lacks linkage to human vitiligo or osteopetrosis: an evaluation. 
  • Morphological Murals: The Scaling and Allometry of Butterfly Wing Patterns. 
  • Multi-allelic major effect genes interact with minor effect QTLs to control adaptive color pattern variation in Heliconius erato. 
  • Mutants of the microtubule motor protein, nonclaret disjunctional, affect spindle structure and chromosome movement in meiosis and mitosis. 
  • Mutational analysis of endothelin receptor b1 (rose) during neural crest and pigment pattern development in the zebrafish Danio rerio. 
  • Obesity-related genetic variants, human pigmentation, and risk of melanoma. 
  • On the interplay of telomeres, nevi and the risk of melanoma. 
  • Origin of the mechanism of phenotypic plasticity in satyrid butterfly eyespots. 
  • Otx but not Mitf transcription factors are required for zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium development. 
  • Parallel evolution at multiple levels in the origin of hummingbird pollinated flowers in Ipomoea. 
  • Phylogenomics reveals convergent evolution of red-violet coloration in land plants and the origins of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. 
  • Pigmentation pattern formation in butterflies: experiments and models. 
  • Pigmented Lesions of the Nervous System and the Neural Crest: Lessons From Embryology. 
  • Pigmented eyelid cysts revisited: apocrine retention cyst chromhidrosis. 
  • Pleiotropic effects of an allele producing white flowers in Ipomoea purpurea. 
  • Pollinator-mediated selection on flower color allele drives reinforcement. 
  • Polymorphic mimicry in Papilio dardanus: mosaic dominance, big effects, and origins. 
  • Protective response of the Ah receptor to ANIT-induced biliary epithelial cell toxicity in see-through medaka. 
  • R2R3-MYB genes control petal pigmentation patterning in Clarkia gracilis ssp. sonomensis (Onagraceae). 
  • Racial Differences of Pigmentation in the Human Vestibular Organs. 
  • Racial difference in cochlear pigmentation is associated with hearing loss risk. 
  • Ras controls melanocyte expansion during zebrafish fin stripe regeneration. 
  • Red versus white thrombi in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: clinical and angiographic outcomes. 
  • Relative Contributions of Various Cellular Mechanisms to Loss of Algae during Cnidarian Bleaching. 
  • Selection favors loss of floral pigmentation in a highly selfing morning glory. 
  • Serum concentrations of soluble human leukocyte class I antigens and of the soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in endometriosis: relationship with stage and non-pigmented peritoneal lesions. 
  • Strong reinforcing selection in a Texas wildflower. 
  • The adaptive radiation of lichen-forming Teloschistaceae is associated with sunscreening pigments and a bark-to-rock substrate shift. 
  • The case of the gray optic disc! 
  • The genetic regulation of pigment cell development. 
  • The male blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, uses both chromatic and achromatic cues during mate choice. 
  • Transcriptome analysis reveals novel patterning and pigmentation genes underlying Heliconius butterfly wing pattern variation. 
  • Ubiquitination regulates the neuroprotective function of the deubiquitinase ataxin-3 in vivo. 
  • Urethan-induced retinopathy in pigmented rats. 
  • Zebrafish kit mutation reveals primary and secondary regulation of melanocyte development during fin stripe regeneration. 
  • optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry