## Abstract The ontogeny of ventral pigmentation of two species of leopard frog, __Rana pipiens__ and __R. chiricahuensis__, was examined by light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy to reveal how the unusual melanistic ventral pigmentation of __R. chiricahuensis__ is achieved at the ce
Development of the spot pattern in the leopard frog
โ Scribed by Bagnara, Joseph T.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 540 KB
- Volume
- 224
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Expression of the spot pattern on the dorsal surface of metamorphosing froglets of Rana pipiens seems to be determined by the dorsal integument rather than by the neural crest. At the neurula stage, dorsal ectoderm appears to be loosely determined with respect to pigmentary pattern. Results of skin rotation experiments suggest that by early larval stages the prospective dorsal spot pattern is precisely fixed in the integument.
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