Fig. 5. Comparison of melanophore movements in a region ventral to the horizontal myoseptum in 1 day intervals. In the lower panels, cells that changed their position are marked with red bars, indicating the direction and extent of movement. (A) In wild type, 12 out of 26 melanophores changed position, some for over one cell-diameter. (B) In obe only 4/18 melanophores changed their position, indicating that obe mutant melanophores still are able to translocate. (C) In addition, leo mutant melanophores are able to move, as 9/24 melanophores changed their position.

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