Publications by authors named "Florent Montange"
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
October 2020
Article Synopsis
- Reptiles have diverse skin colors and patterns due to three types of chromatophores: melanophores (black), xanthophores (red/yellow), and iridophores (light-reflecting), with differences in their cellular structures and functions.
- This study involves assembling the corn snake's genome using advanced genomic techniques, identifying a specific genomic region responsible for the unique lavender color morph, which has distinct gray and pink coloration.
- The research highlights a key genetic change in the lysosomal trafficking regulator gene that affects the color-producing organelles in skin cells, emphasizing the role of xanthosomes and iridosomes as lysosome-related organelles in determining reptile coloration
