PMEL is involved in snake color pattern transition from blotches to stripes [scRNA-seq]
Our genomic, bulk and single-cell transcriptomic, functional, and developmental characterization of the Terrazzo corn snake color morph and the extensive comparison with wild-type snakes puts forward the dual role of PMEL in snake skin coloration, both in the differentiation of chromatophores during embryogenesis and the melanogenesis in melanophores. Overall design: 1 X sample (single cell suspension) was harvested from 1 X E25 Pantherophis guttatus embryo