Tag: pigmentation

A new cell study shows that the metabolic signaling protein IRS-1 promotes melanin production through droplet-forming phase separation, linking growth ...

A scoping review of 25 studies finds that forensic DNA phenotyping models calibrated on European and East Asian data show ...

Scientists used CRISPR/Cas9 to disrupt the tyr and oca2 pigmentation genes in zebrafish, reducing melanophores and visibly altering coloration in ...

Researchers have identified a rare deletion of the gene IhUF3GT1 that completely eliminates anthocyanin pigmentation in an Ivy-leaf morning glory ...

The first xanthochromic fish recorded in the Gulf of Mexico, an entirely orange female common snook from Tabasco, has been ...

A field study on Livingston Island found that mature egg-carrying female Boeckella poppei were nearly transparent while their egg sacs ...

Researchers documented leucistic Heptapterus mustelinus catfish in an isolated, shaded Brazilian stream, suggesting the color mutation persists where predation pressure ...

Researchers in Belize have documented the first known case of leucism in Spix's disc-winged bat, a first for the entire ...

Scientists have discovered that tortoise beetles repurpose the Yellow pigment protein, famous for fruit fly colouration and behaviour, to build ...

RNA sequencing of black and white Hortobágyi Racka sheep reveals that coat color differences extend beyond pigment genes into ion ...