Adaptive sequence evolution in a color gene involved in the formation of the characteristic egg-dummies of male haplochromine cichlid fishes-3

Abstract

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Adaptive sequence evolution in a color gene involved in the formation of the characteristic egg-dummies of male haplochromine cichlid fishes"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/51</p><p>BMC Biology 2007;5():51-51.</p><p>Published online 15 Nov 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2254590.</p><p></p>consists of xanthophores, the pteridine pigments of which fluoresce at high pH. Melanophores are also present in the border area around the transparent outer ring (a melanophore is marked by an arrowhead). (d, e) Egg-spot of ; bright field (d) and fluorescence image (e)