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Evolution and Development of Pigmentation Patterns in East African Cichlid fishes
… origin and diversification of anal fin egg-spots. Egg-spots are an innovation unique to the haplochromine cichlids; yellow to red annular markings typically on male anal fins, made up of orange (xanthophores) and iridescent (iridophores) pigment cell types. The functional origin of …
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Colouration evo-devo: the developmental basis of intra-specific variation in cichlid pigmentation
… a trait exhibiting adaptive variation. Cichlid egg-spots are a well-suited model for investigating the development of diversifying traits. Evolving under sexual selection, egg-spots are dense aggregations of xanthophores and iridophores on haplochromine cichlid anal fins, exhibiting remarkable …