Call number:
9789811614903 (e-book)
Description / Table of Contents:
This book comprehensively summarizes the biological mechanisms of coloration and pattern formation of animals at molecular and cellular level, offering up-to-date knowledge derived from remarkable progress in the last 10 years. The brilliant coloration, conspicuous patterns and spectacular color changes displayed by some vertebrates and invertebrates are generally their strategies of the utmost importance for survival. Consists of mainly three parts, starts with introductory chapter, such as Pigments and Pigment Organelles, Developmental Genetics of Pigment Cell Formation, Adult Pigment Patterns, and Color Changes, this book introduces new pigment compounds in addition to classically known pigments and organelles, explains how the generation of multiple types of pigment cell is genetically controlled, describes the mechanisms underlying the zebrafish stripe formation as well as other animals and also summarizes the mechanism of physiological and morphological color changes of teleost, amphibian and cephalopod. Written by experts in the field, this book will be essential reading for graduate students and researchers in biological fields who are interested in pigmentation mechanisms of animals.
Type of Medium:
12
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 472 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789811614903
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978-981-16-1490-3
URL:
Ebook (access only within the AWI network)
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-16-1490-3
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Part I Pigments and Pigment Organelles
1 Pigments in Insects / Ryo Futahashi and Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi
2 Melanins in Vertebrates / Kazumasa Wakamatsu and Shosuke Ito
3 Body Color Expression in Birds / Toyoko Akiyama and Keiji Kinoshita
4 Pigments in Teleosts and their Biosynthesis / Tetsuaki Kimura
5 Bioluminescence and Pigments / José Paitio and Yuichi Oba
Part II Pigment Cell and Patterned Pigmentation
6 Development of Melanin-Bearing Pigment Cells in Birds and Mammals / Heinz Arnheiter and Julien Debbache
7 Pigment Cell Development in Teleosts / Hisashi Hashimoto, Makoto Goda, and Robert N. Kelsh
8 Pigment Patterning in Teleosts / Jennifer Owen, Christian Yates, and Robert N. Kelsh
9 Theoretical Studies of Pigment Pattern Formation / Seita Miyazawa, Masakatsu Watanabe, and Shigeru Kondo
10 Evolution of Pigment Pattern Formation in Teleosts / David M. Parichy and Yipeng Liang
11 Mechanisms of Feather Structural Coloration and Pattern Formation in Birds / Shinya Yoshioka and Toyoko Akiyama
12 Mechanism of Color Pattern Formation in Insects / Yuichi Fukutomi and Shigeyuki Koshikawa
Part III Color Changes
13 Physiological and Morphological Color Changes in Teleosts and in Reptiles / Makoto Goda and Takeo Kuriyama
14 Color Change in Cephalopods / Yuzuru Ikeda
15 Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Insect Color Change Towards Understanding Molecular Links / Minoru Moriyama
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