Left-right pigmentation pattern of Japanese flounder corresponds to expression levels of melanocortin receptors (MC1R and MC5R), but not to agouti signaling protein 1 (ASIP1) expression.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.03.019
Abstract: Body coloration in flatfish is one of the most distinctive asymmetries in the animal kingdom, although the fundamental molecular mechanism of the pigmentation is unclear. In the dorso-ventral coloration (countershading) of other teleost fishes, ventral-specific… read more here.
Keywords: japanese flounder; agouti signaling; expression; pigmentation ... See more keywords