Survival of Patchwork Melanoblasts Is Dependent Upon Their Number in the Hair Follicle at the End of Embryogenesis

    June 1998 in “ Developmental Biology ”
    Geneviève Aubin‐Houzelstein, Florence Bernex, Colette Elbaz, Jean‐Jacques Panthier
    Studysummary This study found that the patchwork mutation in mice affects melanocyte survival in hair follicles, leading to a variegated coat pattern without partially pigmented hairs due to a community effect among melanoblasts.
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