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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 24.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2008 Nov 27;20(1):72–81. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.11.012

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Pigment patterns caused by KIT pathway mutations.

A, B. Heterozygous kit mice are mostly brown with irregular belly and sometimes forehead spots.

C. Franches-Montagnes horse with p.Y717X mutation in KIT

D. Dominant white Swedish Landrace pig

E. Marine (above) and freshwater (below) threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) with higher and lower levels of kit ligand expression

F, G: Wild-type and homozygous kit-mutant Danio rerio

H, I: Wild-type and homozygous kit-mutant Danio albolineatus

Photo credits: A, B: A Incao; C: B Haase; D: L Andersson; E: F Chan, C Miller, D Kingsley; F, G: LBP; H, I: MGM.