Topology of Feather Melanocyte Progenitor Niche Allows Complex Pigment Patterns to Emerge

Author:

Lin S. J.12345,Foley J.67,Jiang T. X.1,Yeh C. Y.1,Wu P.1,Foley A.8,Yen C. M.23,Huang Y. C.2,Cheng H. C.910,Chen C. F.1011,Reeder B.12,Jee S. H.3,Widelitz R. B.1,Chuong C. M.1410

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

2. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

3. Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

4. Research Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

5. Genomes and Systems Biology Program and Center for Systems Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

6. Department of Medical Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, IN, USA.

7. Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

8. Foley Family Farm, Unionville, IN, USA.

9. Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.

10. Center for the Integrative and Evolutionary Galliformes Genomics, iEGG Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.

11. Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.

12. Independent researcher and author, London, KY, USA.

Abstract

Feather Features Diversification of feather pigment patterns is essential for avian speciation and adaptation. Yet the identity of feather pigment progenitor cells and the cellular and molecular basis for feather pigment pattern formation is poorly understood. Lin et al. (p. 1442 , published online 25 April) report that, compared to the localized pigment cell niche in hair, a more dispersed circular topology of the feather pigment progenitor niche loosens spatial constraints and allows for more freedom in patterning possibilities. Multiple cellular mechanisms are co-opted and choreographed in this multidimensional space to create patterns.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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