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How the zebrafish got its stripes – EurekAlert
Animal patterns are a source of endless fascination, and now researchers at the University Bath have worked out how zebrafish develop their stripes.
IMAGE: Zoom into the zebrafish’s alternating pattern and the stripes of colour resolve into individual pigment cells like a pointillist painting.
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Credit: Adapted by Kit Yates from Wikimedia and inset by Jennifer Owen
Animal patterns – the stripes, spots and rosettes seen in the wild – are a source of endless fascination, and now researchers at the University Bath have developed a robust mathematical model to explain how one important species, the zebrafish, develops its stripes.
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