Zebrafish pigment cells develop directly from persistent highly multipotent progenitors.
Masataka Nikaido, Tatiana Subkhankulova, Л. А. Урошлев, Artem S. Kasianov, Karen Camargo Sosa, Gemma Bavister, Xueyan Yang, Frederico S. L. M. Rodrigues, Thomas J. Carney, Hartmut Schwetlick, Jonathan Dawes, Andrea Rocco, Vsevolod J. Makeev, Robert Neil Kelsh
This study uses single-cell transcriptomics to show zebrafish pigment cells develop directly from broadly multipotent progenitors, challenging traditional fate restriction models.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2021 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology