PUBLICATION
Pigment pattern formation in zebrafish: A model for developmental genetics and the evolution of form
- Authors
- Quigley, I.K. and Parichy, D.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-021002-7
- Date
- 2002
- Source
- Microscopy research and technique 58(6): 442-455 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Quigley, Ian
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Biological Evolution*
- Body Patterning*
- Chromatophores*
- Models, Genetic*
- Morphogenesis
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/growth & development*
- PubMed
- 12242701 Full text @ Microsc. Res. Tech.
Citation
Quigley, I.K. and Parichy, D.M. (2002) Pigment pattern formation in zebrafish: A model for developmental genetics and the evolution of form. Microscopy research and technique. 58(6):442-455.
Abstract
The zebrafish Danio rerio is an emerging model organism for understanding vertebrate development and genetics. One trait of both historical and recent interest is the pattern formed by neural crest- derived pigment cells, or chromatophores, which include black melanophores, yellow xanthophores, and iridescent iridophores. In zebrafish, an embryonic and early larval pigment pattern consists of several stripes of melanophores and iridophores, whereas xanthophores are scattered widely over the flank. During metamorphosis, however, this pattern is transformed into that of the adult, which comprises several dark stripes of melanophores and iridophores that alternate with light stripes of xanthophores and iridophores. In this review, we place zebrafish relative to other model and non-model species; we review what is known about the processes of chromatophore specification, differentiation, and morphogenesis during the development of embryonic and adult pigment patterns, and we address how future studies of zebrafish will likely aid our understanding of human disease and the evolution of form.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping