Melanocyte Umbrella (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Melanocyte Umbrella

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In a zebrafish larva (illustration above), a dark umbrella formed by pigmented cells (white arrows point to these black spots in box, left) in the kidney protects vulnerable stem cells from damaging UV light. Right image is a closeup of the box. Scale bars equal 100 micrometers (left) and 50 micrometers (right).

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F. Kapp et al./<i>Nature</i> 2018

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