ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2020
Avian Pigment Pattern Formation: Developmental Control of Macro- (Across the Body) and Micro- (Within a Feather) Level of Pigment Patterns.
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- Structural Coloration and Carotenoids Together Create the Vibrant Colors of Peafowl Feathers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Sexually dimorphic sail feathers in the Mandarin duck as a model for lifelong developmental modulation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Embryonic Avian Skin Explant Cultures: A Versatile Model for Investigating Tissue Patterning Mechanisms.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2025Review
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- Organizational principles of integumentary organs: Maximizing variations for effective adaptation.Developmental biology · 2025Review
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- Molecular genetic foundation of a sex-linked tailless trait in Hongshan chicken by whole genome data analysis.Poultry science · 2024Article
- A Breeding Plumage in the Making: The Unique Process of Plumage Coloration in the Crested Ibis in Terms of Chemical Composition and Sex Hormones.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Mechanisms Underlying the Formation and Evolution of Vertebrate Color Patterns.Annual review of genetics · 2023Review
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- Traditional sexing methods and external egg characteristics combination allow highly accurate early sex determination in an endangered native turkey breed.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Studies of Turing pattern formation in zebrafish skin.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2021Review
- Two Genomic Loci Control Three Eye Colors in the Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia).Molecular biology and evolution · 2021Article
- The feather pattern autosomal barring in chicken is strongly associated with segregation at the MC1R locus.Pigment cell & melanoma research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Animal color patterns are of interest to many fields, such as developmental biology, evolutionary biology, ethology, mathematical biology, bio-mimetics, etc. The skin provides easy access to experimentation and analysis enabling the developmental pigment patterning process to be analyzed at the cellular and molecular level. Studies in animals with distinct pigment patterns (such as zebrafish, horse, feline, etc.) have revealed some genetic information underlying color pattern formation. Yet, how the complex pigment patterns in diverse avian species are established remains an open question. Here we summarize recent progress. Avian plumage shows color patterns occurring at different spatial levels. The two main levels are macro- (across the body) and micro- (within a feather) pigment patterns. At the cellular level, colors are mainly produced by melanocytes generating eumelanin (black) and pheomelanin (yellow, orange). These melanin-based patterns are regulated by melanocyte migration, differentiation, cell death, and/or interaction with neighboring skin cells. In addition, non-melanin chemical pigments and structural colors add more colors to the available palette in different cell types or skin regions. We discuss classic and recent tissue transplantation experiments that explore the avian pigment patterning process and some potential molecular mechanisms. We find color patterns can be controlled autonomously by melanocytes but also non-autonomously by dermal cells. Complex plumage color patterns are generated by the combination of these multi-scale patterning mechanisms. These interactions can be further modulated by environmental factors such as sex hormones, which generate striking sexual dimorphic colors in avian integuments and can also be influenced by seasons and aging.
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