The MITF paralog tfec is required in neural crest development for fate specification of the iridophore lineage from a multipotent pigment cell progenitor

• Kleio Petratou,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Institute for Cardiovascular Organogenesis and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

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• Samantha A. Spencer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5048-1736

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• Robert N. Kelsh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: r.n.kelsh@bath.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9381-0066

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• James A. Lister

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics and Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8505-6710

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