Overview
Summarizes the biological mechanisms of coloration and pattern formation of animals
Provides an up-to-date and authoritative summary on the science of pigments and pigment cells
Covers all key aspects of the developmental and cellular basis of pigmentation in animals
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Pigments and Pigment Organelles
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Front Matter
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Pigment Cell and Patterned Pigmentation
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Keywords
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hisashi Hashimoto
Nagoya University
Graduate School of Science
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
hsshsmt@bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Makoto Goda
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Preeminent Medical Photonics Education & Research Center
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
cyano@muh.biglobe.ne.jp
Ryo Futahashi
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Bioproduction Research Institute
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
ryo-futahashi@aist.go.jp
Robert Kelsh
University of Bath
Department of Biology and Biochemistry
Bath, United Kingdom
bssrnk@bath.ac.ukToyoko Akiyama
Emeritus Professor
Department of Biology
Keio University
Yokohama, Japan
akiyama@a3.keio.jp
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pigments, Pigment Cells and Pigment Patterns
Editors: Hisashi Hashimoto, Makoto Goda, Ryo Futahashi, Robert Kelsh, Toyoko Akiyama
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1490-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1489-7Published: 06 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1492-7Published: 07 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1490-3Published: 05 July 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 472
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 153 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Zoology, Animal Biochemistry, Evolutionary Biology, Behavioral Sciences