A guppy's spots formed by layers of color cells

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 17:01 in Biology & Nature

At least three pigment cell types from multiple layers of skin contribute to the color patterns of male guppies, according to a study published in PLOS ONE on January 22, 2014 by Verena Kottler from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and colleagues.

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