Unlike cold-blooded animals, mammals and birds have only one class of chromatophore-like cell type : the melanocyte.
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Blue-ringed octopuses spend much of their time hiding in crevices whilst displaying effective camouflage patterns with their dermal chromatophore cells.
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The skins of cephalopods such as the octopus contain complex units, each consisting of a chromatophore with surrounding muscle and nerve cells.
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This is done by encouraging the dominant and recessive genes that code for proteins involved in chromatophore development, maintenance, or function.
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Schulten's team modeled the structure and function of a Purple bacteria s chromatophore, one of the simplest living examples of photosynthesis.
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In purple bacteria, such as " Rhodospirillum rubrum ", the light-harvesting proteins are intrinsic to the chromatophore membranes.
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The configuration of reflectin proteins in chromatophore cells in the skin of the " Doryteuthis pealeii " squid is controlled by electric charge.
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When and how multipotent chromatophore precursor cells ( called " chromatoblasts " ) develop into their daughter subtypes is an area of ongoing research.
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The beautiful and rapid colour changes seen in many cephalopods such as octopuses and squid, are based on a different system, the chromatophore organ.
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Studies using mutant fish have demonstrated that transcription factors such as " kit ", " mitf " are important in controlling chromatophore differentiation.
