Stripes are common in our lives. It’s a pretty basic pattern, and easy to take for granted. As an applied mathematician who studies how patterns form in nature, though, I am wowed by the striped ...
One of the things the human brain naturally excels at is recognizing all sorts of patterns, such as stripes on zebras, shells of turtles, and even the structure of crystals. Thanks to our progress in ...
Figure 1: Different pigment patterns of D. rerio and D. albolineatus. Figure 2: Enhanced Csf1 expression in D. albolineatus through cis regulatory evolution. Figure 3: Time and pattern of xanthophore ...
Nature is full of many patterned animals, from the stripes on zebras, spots on leopards, to the intricate details on sea creatures. Researchers have studied for a long time the biological explanation ...
The genetic underpinnings of pigmentation and colour patterning in fish encompass a complex interplay of gene regulation, cell fate determination and evolutionary innovation. Neural crest cells, which ...
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The natural world presents a palette of beautiful complexity. From the ...
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