A new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and other institutions has discovered a type of pigment cell in zebrafish that can transform after development into another cell type. David ...

Animal patterns - the stripes, spots and rosettes seen in the wild - are a source of endless fascination, and now researchers at the University Bath have developed a robust mathematical model to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The iconic stripes of zebrafish are a classic example of natural self-organization. As zebrafish embryos develop, three types of pigment cells move around the ...

Andrey Fadeev, Patricia Mendoza-Garcia, Uwe Irion, Jikui Guan, Kathrin Pfeifer, Stephanie Wiessner, Fabrizio Serluca, Ajeet Pratap Singh, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Ruth H. Palmer Proceedings of the ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 21 (May 25, 2021), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) Loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) because of ...

Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) have emerged as a powerful bioengineering platform for next-generation drug discovery, offering an unparalleled combination of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandria Volkening, The Ohio State University (THE CONVERSATION) Stripes are common ...

A new mathematical tool could help scientists better understand how zebrafish get their stripes as well as other self-assembled patterns in nature. The iconic stripes of zebrafish are a classic ...

Animal patterns are a source of endless fascination, and now researchers have worked out how zebrafish develop their stripes. Animal patterns -- the stripes, spots and rosettes seen in the wild -- are ...