Survival of Patchwork Melanoblasts Is Dependent Upon Their Number in the Hair Follicle at the End of Embryogenesis
June 1998
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Developmental Biology
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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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