HYPOPHYSIAL CONTROL OF CUTANEOUS PIGMENTATION IN AN ELASMOBRANCH FISH
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- 1 February 1932
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 62 (1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1537136
Abstract
The authors conclude that the posterior lobe of the hypophysis is responsible for the considerable degree of melanophore expansion characteristic of the skin of normal dogfish. Although the possibility of an extra-hypophysial control of cutaneous pigmentation has not been excluded, it is apparent that the pituitary gland plays a dominant role in the pigmentary alterations exhibited by the normal dogfish.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: