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. 2008 Dec;5(4):257–264. doi: 10.1089/zeb.2008.0540

Table 1.

Concentration Response to NCP and Suppression of NCP by Exogenous Copper

Treatment Affecteda Half-affectedb Unaffected Dead
10 μM NCP 0 0 0 10
3 μM NCP 2 0 0 8
1 μM NCP 47 0 0 34
750 nM NCP 78 0 0 22
500 nM NCP 62 0 0 1
300 nM NCP 84 23 1 6
100 nM NCP 41 38 34 2
30 nM NCP 0 4 61 0
10 nM NCP 0 0 20 0
750 nM NCP + 500 nM CuCl2 0 0 0 30
300 nM NCP + 1 μM CuCl2 1 6 105 1
100 nm NCP + 1 μM CuCl2 0 0 104 1
a

Affected fish are missing most or all of their melanocytes of their body stripe.

b

Halfaffected fish are missing ∼25–50% of the melanocytes in their body stripes.