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Roy A, Pittman M, Saitta ET, Kaye TG, Xu X. Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2020; 95:22-50. [PMID: 31538399 PMCID: PMC7004074 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Preserved melanin pigments have been discovered in fossilised integumentary appendages of several amniote lineages (fishes, frogs, snakes, marine reptiles, non-avialan dinosaurs, birds, and mammals) excavated from lagerstätten across the globe. Melanisation is a leading factor in organic integument preservation in these fossils. Melanin in extant vertebrates is typically stored in rod- to sphere-shaped, lysosome-derived, membrane-bound vesicles called melanosomes. Black, dark brown, and grey colours are produced by eumelanin, and reddish-brown colours are produced by phaeomelanin. Specific morphotypes and nanostructural arrangements of melanosomes and their relation to the keratin matrix in integumentary appendages create the so-called 'structural colours'. Reconstruction of colour patterns in ancient animals has opened an exciting new avenue for studying their life, behaviour and ecology. Modern relationships between the shape, arrangement, and size of avian melanosomes, melanin chemistry, and feather colour have been applied to reconstruct the hues and colour patterns of isolated feathers and plumages of the dinosaurs Anchiornis, Sinosauropteryx, and Microraptor in seminal papers that initiated the field of palaeocolour reconstruction. Since then, further research has identified countershading camouflage patterns, and informed subsequent predictions on the ecology and behaviour of these extinct animals. However, palaeocolour reconstruction remains a nascent field, and current approaches have considerable potential for further refinement, standardisation, and expansion. This includes detailed study of non-melanic pigments that might be preserved in fossilised integuments. A common issue among existing palaeocolour studies is the lack of contextualisation of different lines of evidence and the wide variety of techniques currently employed. To that end, this review focused on fossil amniotes: (i) produces an overarching framework that appropriately reconstructs palaeocolour by accounting for the chemical signatures of various pigments, morphology and local arrangement of pigment-bearing vesicles, pigment concentration, macroscopic colour patterns, and taphonomy; (ii) provides background context for the evolution of colour-producing mechanisms; and (iii) encourages future efforts in palaeocolour reconstructions particularly of less-studied groups such as non-dinosaur archosaurs and non-archosaur amniotes.
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- Arindam Roy
- Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Department of Earth SciencesThe University of Hong KongPokfulamHong Kong SARChina
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- Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Department of Earth SciencesThe University of Hong KongPokfulamHong Kong SARChina
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- Integrative Research Center, Section of Earth SciencesField Museum of Natural History1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, ChicagoIL60605U.S.A.
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- Foundation for Scientific Advancement7023 Alhambra Drive, Sierra VistaAZ85650U.S.A.
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- Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and PaleoanthropologyChinese Academy of Sciences142 Xizhimenwai Street.Beijing100044China
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Nielsen HI, Bereiter-Hahn J. Hormone induced chromatophore changes in the European tree frog, Hyla arborea, in vitro. J Zool (1987) 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1982.tb02082.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Maeno N, Iga T. Adrenergic mechanisms associated with the movement of platelets in iridophores from the freshwater goby, Odontobutis obscura. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 102:233-7. [PMID: 1358536 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(92)90106-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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1. Cultured iridophores from the freshwater goby, Odontobutis obscura, were used to investigate adrenergic mechanisms of movement of platelets in the iridophores. 2. Norepinephrine, which was assumed to be the transmitter of the iridophore nerves, induced dispersion of platelets within the cells. 3. The effect of norepinephrine was inhibited by an alpha-adrenergic antagonist, yohimbine, but not by a beta-adrenergic antagonist, propranolol. 4. Isoproterenol, a beta-adrenergic agonist, failed to bring about aggregation of platelets. 5. Forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, was effective in inducing aggregation of platelets. 6. 8-Br-cAMP caused the aggregation of platelets and inhibited the norepinephrine-induced dispersion of platelets. 7. It appears that the adrenoceptors of the iridophores of this species are solely of the alpha type; they mediate the dispersion of platelets; and an increase in intracellular levels of cAMP induces the aggregation of platelets.
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- N Maeno
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan
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Mangano FT, Fukuzawa T, Johnson WC, Bagnara JT. Intrinsic pigment cell stimulating activity in the skin of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1992; 263:112-8. [PMID: 1645118 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402630112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Consistent with the concept that specific pigment patterns of amphibians might result from the highly localized distribution of stimulators and inhibitors of pigment cell expression in the skin, the spot pattern of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens, was examined through the use of the Xenopus neural tube explant assay system (Fukuzawa and Ide, 1988). Media conditioned with pieces of skin from dorsal black spotted areas promoted melanization of neural crest cells at a significantly higher level than did media conditioned with dorsal interspot skin in the absence of extra tyrosine. All conditioned media contained exceedingly low concentrations of tyrosine. With the addition of supplemental tyrosine, the melanization capacity of conditioned media from the interspot areas was elevated to that of the spotted skin. Control media conditioned with ventral frog skin inhibited melanization, as usual, because of the presumed presence of melanization inhibiting factor (MIF). It is considered that dorsal skin contains a melanization stimulating factor (MSF) which is present in significantly higher levels in spotted skin than in interspot areas and that expression of the particular pigmentary pattern of this leopard frog is regulated by the relative distribution of MIF, MSF, and possibly other intrinsic substances present in the skin.
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- F T Mangano
- Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724
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Fernandez PJ, Bagnara JT. Effect of background color and low temperature on skin color and circulating alpha-MSH in two species of leopard frog. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1991; 83:132-41. [PMID: 1879665 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(91)90113-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Circulating levels of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) in two species of leopard frog, Rana pipiens and R. chiricahuensis, were measured by radioimmunoassay to reveal the correlation between skin color change induced by background color and by low temperature. High levels of alpha-MSH were found in both species of frog on a black background, but R. chiricahuensis had eight times higher levels than R. pipiens, R. chiricahuensis also exhibited the ability to darken its ventral surface, whereas the ventral surface of R. pipiens remained white. Neither skin color nor plasma alpha-MSH of R. pipiens was affected by cold. Low temperature did, however, darken dorsal and ventral skin of R. chiricahuensis in vivo, which corresponded to increased levels of plasma alpha-MSH. Dorsal and ventral skin of R. chiricahuensis, in vitro, darken in a dose-dependent manner to alpha-MSH, but not to cold.
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- P J Fernandez
- Department of Natural Sciences, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona 85017
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The hypothesis is that a functional deficiency of alpha-melanotropin (alpha-MSH) is the primary event in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Beginning with the concept that Alzheimer's disease occurs because of a deficiency of a neurotrophic factor specific for central cholinergic neurons data is then presented to support the hypothesis that alpha-MSH is the critical neurotrophic factor.
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Wilkes BC, Hruby VJ, Yamamura HI, Akiyama K, Castrucci AM, Hadley ME, Andrews JR, Wan YP. Synthesis of tritium labeled Ac-[Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH4-11-NH2: a superpotent melanotropin with prolonged biological activity. Life Sci 1984; 34:977-84. [PMID: 6608041 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(84)90302-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Ac-[Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH4-11-NH2 an octapeptide, is a melanotropin analogue (Ac-Nle-Glu-His-D-Phe-Arg-Trp-Gly-Lys-NH2), which is a superpotent agonist of frog and lizard skin melanocytes and mouse S 91 (Cloudman) melanoma cells. This melanotropin possesses ultraprolonged activity on melanocytes, both in vitro and in vivo, and the peptide is resistant to inactivation by serum enzymes. The tritium-labeled congener was prepared by direct incorporation of [3H]-labeled norleucine into the peptide. The melanotropic activity of the labeled peptide is identical to the unlabeled analogue. This labeled peptide should be useful for studies on the localization and characterization of melanotropin receptors.
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Harlow HJ, Phillips JA, Ralph CL. Day - night rhythm in plasma melatonin in a mammal lacking a distinct pineal gland, the nine-banded armadillo. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1981; 45:212-8. [PMID: 7286636 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(81)90106-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Novales RR, Novales BJ. Endorphins supersensitize frog skin melanophores to isoproterenol, but subsensitize them to alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1979; 39:481-9. [PMID: 520810 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(79)90235-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Heward CB, Yang YC, Sawyer TK, Bregman MD, Fuller BB, Hruby VJ, Hadley ME. Iodination associated inactivation of beta-melanocyte stimulating hormone. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1979; 88:266-73. [PMID: 110327 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(79)91725-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Novales RR. The effect of the divalent cation ionophore A23187 on amphibian melanophores and iridophores. J Invest Dermatol 1977; 69:446-50. [PMID: 333033 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12511041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Calcium ions are required in the medium for the full darkening action of melanocyte-stimulating hormone, but not for its second messenger, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, on isolated frog skin. Thus, the possible effect of the divalent cation ionophore A23187 was studied, using the skin of Rana pipiens. It is a potent darkening agent over the range of 1-2 micrometer, as measured by reflectance change and microscopic observation. During the darkening response of A23187, melanosome dispersion takes place in both dermal and epidermal melanophores, as well as aggregation of iridophore reflecting platelets. The darkening is slowly reversible in Ringer's solution, thus it is not due to toxicity. The darkening is partially dependent on the presence of calcium in the medium under certain conditions, suggesting that the response involves both the uptake and release of calcium ions. Cytochalasin B reversibly inhibits the darkening produced by A23187. Since this drug is known to bring about the breakdown of microfilaments, its inhibitory action is in accord with the concept that the ionophore is stimulating microfilament function. A23187 administered to tissue cultured embryonic salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) melanophores produced an irreversible rounding up of the cells, suggesting a toxic effect. The results with frog skin are interpreted as supporting the concept that the action of melanocyte-stimulating hormone involves the production of pigment granule movements as a result of the interaction of calcium ions with intracellular microfilaments and possible also the breakdown of microtubules. The mobilization of calcium ions could be brought about by cyclic adenosine monophosphate.
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Oelofsen W. The chemistry of the adrenocorticotropins and the melanotropins. PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. PART B: GENERAL & SYSTEMATIC PHARMACOLOGY 1975; 1:459-500. [PMID: 178001 DOI: 10.1016/0306-039x(75)90050-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Smith-Gill SJ. Cytophysiological basis of disruptive pigmentary patterns in the leopard frog Rana pipiens. I. Chromatophore densities and cytophysiology. J Morphol 1973; 140:271-84. [PMID: 4541478 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1051400303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Baskin SI, Dagirmanjian R. The effect of taurine on the pigmentation of the bullfrog tadpole. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1973; 44:297-302. [PMID: 4145751 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(73)90482-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Novales RR, Novales BJ. Effect of cytochalasin B on the response of the chromatophores of isolated frog skin to MSH, theophylline, and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1972; 19:363-6. [PMID: 4344086 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(72)90119-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Irwin WG. Effects of chlorpromazine on the chromatophores of frog skin. J Invest Dermatol 1972; 58:63-5. [PMID: 4334099 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12551485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Thornton VF. The effect of change of background color on the melanocyte-stimulating hormone content of the pituitary of Xenopus laevis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1971; 17:554-60. [PMID: 5128302 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(71)90189-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Taylor JD. The presence of reflecting platelets in integumental melanophores of the frog, Hyla arenicolor. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH 1971; 35:532-40. [PMID: 5142393 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5320(71)80009-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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1. A method to separate the epithelium from the underlying layers of the frog skin is described. The method is based on the combined use of collagenase and hydrostatic pressures.2. The potential difference and the short-circuit current values of isolated epithelia and whole skins are similar. Na net flux and short-circuit current are equivalent.3. The time course of changes in potential following rapid changes in composition of the bathing solutions shows that the barrier to K diffusion at the internal surface of the isolated epithelium is larger than the barrier to Na diffusion at the external surface.4. In the isolated epithelium there are 133 m-mole K(+) and 24.7 m-mole Na/l. cellular water. The amount of extracellular water was considered to be equal to the inulin space.5. Arginine vasopressin (0.1 u./ml.) markedly increased short-circuit current and potential difference in isolated epithelia. The amount of Na in the epithelium that equilibrated with Na in the external solution was not increased by the hormone.6. Ouabain (10(-4)M) reduced short circuit current and potential difference to values close to zero. The ouabain treated epithelia contained an increased amount of Na originating in the internal solution. On the other hand the amount of Na that originated from the external solution was not increased.7. The amount of epithelial Na that equilibrated with Na in the external solution was 0.009 mu-equiv/cm(2). This figure is about ten times smaller than the values found in whole skins.
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Taylor JD, Hadley ME. Chromatophores and color change in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ZELLFORSCHUNG UND MIKROSKOPISCHE ANATOMIE (VIENNA, AUSTRIA : 1948) 1970; 104:282-94. [PMID: 4193617 DOI: 10.1007/bf00309737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hadley ME, Goldman JM. Effects of cyclic 3',5'-AMP and other adenine nucleotides on the melanophores of the lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Br J Pharmacol 1969; 37:650-8. [PMID: 4310588 PMCID: PMC1703721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1969.tb08503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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1. Cyclic 3',5'-AMP has been reported to darken skins of the frog, Rana pipiens. This suggests that cyclic 3',5'-AMP may mediate the action of MSH on amphibian chromatophores. Since MSH also darkens skins of the lizard, Anolis carolinensis, we investigated the effects of cyclic 3',5'-AMP and other nucleotides on Anolis melanophores to determine whether cyclic 3',5'-AMP may be the intracellular mediator of hormone action on melanophores of another vertebrate class.2. Cyclic 3',5'-AMP, itself, causes a rapid melanin granule aggregation within melanophores of Anolis. This response is, however, somewhat nonspecific in that both 5'-ATP and 5'-ADP also lighten the skins by aggregating the melanin granules. Another nucleotide, 5'-AMP, darkens the skins by dispersing melanin granules. Cyclic 2',3'-AMP does not darken or lighten Anolis skins.3. Dibutyryl cyclic 3',5'-AMP, which is considered to be better able to penetrate membranes and resist degradation by a specific phosphodiesterase, maximally darkens Anolis skins, as does MSH. This darkening by the potent dibutyryl cyclic 3',5'-AMP suggests that cyclic 3',5'-AMP may be the intracellular mediator of melanin granule dispersion within Anolis melanophores leading to skin darkening.4. Other evidence supporting the first-messenger-second-messenger hypothesis for melanophore regulation is discussed.5. The differences in responses of Anolis melanophores to adenine nucleotides may relate to the ability of these agents to penetrate melanophore membranes; thus, the nucleotides could exert their effects either intracellularly or extracellularly on the plasma membrane.
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Goldman JM, Hadley ME. The beta adrenergic receptor and cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate: possible roles in the regulation of melanophore responses of the spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus couchi. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1969; 13:151-63. [PMID: 4389916 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(69)90232-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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