October 15, 2018
In a new paper just out in PLoS Genetics, grad students in the Parichy lab have identified a role for endothelin signaling in stripe pattern evolution in the zebrafish relative Danio nigrofasciatus. The study is just the most recent example in which the lab has exploited naturally occurring variation in pigment pattern to understand the evolution of adult form. Read the article here and more about the Parichy lab’s research program here.