Irion, Uwe

Pigment Cell Progenitors in Zebrafish Remain Multipotent through Metamorphosis

Singh, A. P., Dinwiddie, A., Mahalwar, P., Schach, U., Linker, C., Irion, U., & Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2016) · Developmental Cell

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Cited by 91

Gap junctions composed of connexins 41.8 and 39.4 are essential for colour pattern formation in zebrafish

Irion, U., Frohnhöfer, H. G., Krauss, J., Çolak Champollion, T., Maischein, H.-M., Geiger-Rudolph, S., Weiler, C., & Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2014) · eLife

melanin and skin pigmentationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 91

The Developmental Genetics of Vertebrate Color Pattern Formation

Irion, U., Singh, A. P., & Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2016) · Current Topics in Developmental Biology

melanin and skin pigmentationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 88

Endothelin signalling in iridophore development and stripe pattern formation of zebrafish

Krauss, J., Frohnhöfer, H. G., Walderich, B., Maischein, H.-M., Weiler, C., Irion, U., & Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2014) · Biology Open

melanin and skin pigmentationZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Cited by 68

Tight Junction Protein 1a regulates pigment cell organisation during zebrafish colour patterning

Fadeev, A., Krauss, J., Frohnhöfer, H. G., Irion, U., & Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2015) · eLife

Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applicationsmelanin and skin pigmentation

Cited by 60

Heterotypic interactions regulate cell shape and density during color pattern formation in zebrafish

Mahalwar, P., Singh, A. P., Fadeev, A., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., & Irion, U. (2016) · Biology Open

melanin and skin pigmentationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 45

Loss‐of‐function mutations in the melanocortin 1 receptor cause disruption of dorso‐ventral countershading in teleost fish

Cal, L., Suarez‐Bregua, P., Braasch, I., Irion, U., Kelsh, R., Cerdá‐Reverter, J. M., & Rotllant, J. (2019) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Cited by 42

Evolution of the potassium channel gene Kcnj13 underlies colour pattern diversification in Danio fish

Podobnik, M., Frohnhöfer, H. G., Dooley, C. M., Eskova, A., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., & Irion, U. (2020) · Nature Communications

melanin and skin pigmentationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 26

kcnj13 regulates pigment cell shapes in zebrafish and has diverged by cis-regulatory evolution between Danio species

Podobnik, M., Singh, A. P., Fu, Z., Dooley, C. M., Frohnhöfer, H. G., Firlej, M., Stednitz, S. J., Elhabashy, H., Weyand, S., Weir, J. R., et al. (2023) · Development

melanin and skin pigmentationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 5

Genomic and genetic insights into speciation and pigment pattern diversification in Danio fishes

Lu, J., Podobnik, M., Huang, J., McCluskey, B. M., McCarthy, S. A., Wood, J., Collins, J., Torrance, J., Sims, Y., Gao, D., et al. (2025) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Cited by 4

Zebrafish relatives as models for functional comparative genetics and genomics

Podobnik, M., Lu, Y., Irion, U., & Currie, P. D. (2026) · Nature Reviews Genetics

Zebrafish Biomedical Research ApplicationsDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 1