On the nervous and hormonal control of melanophores and their differential reactions in the catfish Ictalurus melas (Raffinesque)
The melanophores in the catfish I. melas are arranged in 3 layers, one epidermal and two dermal. The former are the smallest, and also differ from those in the dermis in their shape and in their reaction-times in response to background change. Hypophysectomy impairs the ability of the animal to adap...
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Royal Holloway, University of London
1971
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