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What is a vertebrate pigment cell?
Author(s) -
Schartl Manfred,
Larue Lionel,
Goda Makoto,
Bosenberg Marcus W.,
Hashimoto Hisashi,
Kelsh Robert N.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pigment cell and melanoma research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1755-148X
pISSN - 1755-1471
DOI - 10.1111/pcmr.12409
Subject(s) - vertebrate , pigment , biology , body plan , evolutionary biology , computational biology , genetics , chemistry , gene , organic chemistry
Summary On the basis of discussions emerging from a workshop and discussions at the 7th meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research in Geneva in 2012, this manuscript outlines useful criteria for defining the bona fide pigment cells as a functional entity of the vertebrate body plan and differentiating them from ‘pigmented’ cells in general. It also proposes a nomenclature for various types of pigment cells of vertebrates.