Pigments, Pigment Cells and Pigment Patterns (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hashimoto, Hisashi; Akiyama, Toyoko; Kelsh, Robert; Futahashi, Ryo; Goda, Makoto

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811614903
• Artikelnr.: 62196190

Autorenporträt

Hisashi Hashimoto Nagoya University Graduate School of Science Nagoya, Aichi, Japan [e-mail] . Makoto Goda Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Preeminent Medical Photonics Education & Research Center Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan [e-mail] Ryo Futahashi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Bioproduction Research Institute Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan [e-mail] Robert Kelsh University of Bath Department of Biology and Biochemistry Bath, United Kingdom [e-mail] Toyoko Akiyama Emeritus Professor Department of Biology Keio University Yokohama, Japan [e-mail]

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Pigments and pigment organelles.- 1 Pigments in insects.- 2 Melanins in vertebrates.- 3 Body color expression in birds.- 4 Pigments in teleosts and their biosynthesis.- 5 Bioluminescence and Pigments.- Part 2 Pigment cell and patterned pigmentation.- 6 Development of melanin-bearing pigment cells in birds and mammals.- 7 Pigment cell development in teleosts.- 8 Pigment patterning in teleosts.- 9 Theoretical studies of pigment pattern formation.- 10 Evolution of Pigment Pattern Formation in Teleosts.- 11 Mechanisms of feather structural coloration and pattern formation in birds.- 12 Mechanism of color pattern formation in insects.- Part 3 Color changes.- 13 Physiological and Morphological Color Changes in Teleosts and in Reptiles.- 14 Color change in cephalopods.- 15 Physiological and biochemical mechanisms of insect color change towards understanding molecular links.