Molecular and Physiological Basis of Colour Pattern Formation

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the recent developments for making understanding of molecular, developmental and physiological mechanism color pattern formation to place these in context antecedent work. The evolution patterns can be viewed as two separate questions: pigment synthesis pathways patterned those pigments. Thus, readily associated with specific easy understand mechanisms. Insect are particularly suitable study mechanisms because two-dimensional nature. two-dimensionality arises from fact that is a feature integument two-layered structure composed monolayer epidermal cells secrete non-living overlying cuticle. fundamental problem biology how an initially homogeneous, undifferentiated, field cells. often described process determination by which fate subset population becomes restricted.