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This book comprehensively summarizes the biological mechanisms of coloration and pattern formation of animals at molecular and cellular level, offering up-to-date knowledge derived from remarkable progress in the last 10 years. The brilliant coloration, conspicuous patterns and spectacular color changes displayed by some vertebrates and invertebrates are generally their strategies of the utmost importance for survival. Consists of mainly three parts, starts with introductory chapter, such as Pigments and Pigment Organelles, Developmental Genetics of Pigment Cell Formation, Adult Pigment Patterns, and Color Changes, this book introduces new pigment compounds in addition to classically known pigments and organelles, explains how the generation of multiple types of pigment cell is genetically controlled, describes the mechanisms underlying the zebrafish stripe formation as well as other animals and also summarizes the mechanism of physiological and morphological color changes of teleost, amphibian and cephalopod. Written by experts in the field, this book will be essential reading for graduate students and researchers in biological fields who are interested in pigmentation mechanisms of animals.

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Hisashi Hashimoto Nagoya University Graduate School of Science Nagoya, Aichi, Japan hsshsmt@bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp . Makoto Goda Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Preeminent Medical Photonics Education & Research Center Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan cyano@muh.biglobe.ne.jp Ryo Futahashi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Bioproduction Research Institute Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan ryo-futahashi@aist.go.jp Robert Kelsh University of Bath Department of Biology and Biochemistry Bath, United Kingdom bssrnk@bath.ac.uk Toyoko Akiyama Emeritus Professor Department of Biology Keio University Yokohama, Japan akiyama@a3.keio.jp

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