| chromatophore | 1. Pigment containing cells of the dermis, particularly in teleosts and amphibians. By controlling the intracellular distribution of pigment granules the animal can blend with the background. Melanocytes and melanophores are melanin containing chromatophores. 2. Term occasionally used for chloroplasts in the chromophyte algae. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| chromatophores | Any pigmentary cell or colour-producing plastid. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Chromatophore
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Chromatophores or pigment cells are color changing cells used most notably by chameleons as well as cephalopods such as squid and octopuses. A chromatophore is composed of a single chromatophore cell and numerous muscle, nerve, glial and sheath cells. These cells are contractile and contain vesicles that contain three different liquid pigments. To change their color the cells distort their form or size stretching or contracting their outer covering thus changing its translucency or opacity. ...
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An organelle that contains pigments; ie a plastid
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Franceschetti-Jadassohn syndrome.
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elastic sac containing pigment in the skin of cephalopods
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