Original Papers

An updated kernel-based Turing model for studying the mechanism of biological pattern pormation

J Theor Biol. 2016 Nov 10;414:120-127.

Kondo S.

Suture pattern formation in ammonites and the unknown rear mantle structure
Sci. Rep. 2016 Sep 19;6:33689
Inoue S and Kondo S

Two different functions of Connexin43 confer two different bone phenotypes in zebrafish.
J Biol Chem. 2016 Apr 25. pii: jbc.M116.720110.
Misu A, Yamanaka H, Aramaki T, Kondo S, Skerrett IM, Iovine MK, Watanabe M.

The Physiological Characterization of Connexin41.8 and Connexin39.4, Which Are Involved in the Striped Pattern Formation of Zebrafish.
J Biol Chem. 2016 Jan 15;291(3):1053-63.
Watanabe M, Sawada R, Aramaki T, Skerrett IM, Kondo S.

Rotating pigment cells exhibit an intrinsic chirality.
Yamanaka H, Kondo S.
Genes Cells. 2015 Jan;20(1):29-35

Fish pigmentation. :Comment on "Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish".
Watanabe M, Kondo S.
Science .(Technical comment) 2015 Apr 17;348(6232):297

Is pigment patterning in fish skin determined by the Turing mechanism? (review article)
Watanabe M, Kondo S.
Trends Genet . 2015 Feb;31(2):88-96.

Black, yellow, or silver: which one leads skin pattern formation? (commentary)
Kondo S, Watanabe M.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res . 2015 Jan;28(1):2-4.

Tetraspanin 3c requirement for pigment cell interactions and boundary formation in zebrafish adult pigment stripes.
Inoue S, Kondo S, Parichy DM, Watanabe M.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res . 2014 Mar;27(2):190-200.

Involvement of Delta/Notch signaling in zebrafish adult pigment stripe patterning.
Hamada H, Watanabe M, Lau HE, Nishida T, Hasegawa T, Parichy DM, Kondo S.
Development . 2014 Jan;141(2):318-24.
Erratum in: Development. 2014 Mar;141(6):1418.

In vitro analysis suggests that difference in cell movement during direct interaction can generate various pigment patterns in vivo.
Yamanaka H, Kondo S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Feb 4;111(5):1867-72

Polyamine sensitivity of gap junctions is required for skin pattern formation in zebrafish.
Watanabe M, Watanabe D, Kondo S.
Sci Rep. 2012;2:473.

Melanophore migration and survival during zebrafish adult pigment stripe development require the immunoglobulin superfamily adhesion molecule Igsf11
Eom DS, Inoue S, Patterson LB, Gordon TN, Slingwine R, Kondo S, Watanabe M, Parichy DM.
PLoS Genet . 2012;8(8):e1002899. doi: 10.1371

Pigment pattern formation by contact-dependent depolarization.
Inaba M, Yamanaka H, Kondo S.
Science . 2012 Feb 10;335(6069):677.

Changing clothes easily: connexin41.8 regulates skin pattern variation.
Watanabe M, Kondo S.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res . 2012 Feb 7. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2012.00984.x.

Periodic stripe formation by a Turing mechanism operating at growth zones in the mammalian palate.
Economou AD, Ohazama A, Porntaveetus T, Sharpe PT, Kondo S, Basson MA, Gritli-Linde A, Cobourne MT, GreenJB.
Nat Genet . 2012 Feb 19;44(3):348-51. doi: 10.1038/ng.1090.

Wing vein patterns of the Hemiptera insect Orosanga japonicus differ among individuals
Eiichi Yoshimoto and Shigeru Kondo*
Interface Focus doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0112

Reaction-Diffusion Model as a Framework for Understanding Biological Pattern Formation
Kondo S., Miura T.
Science 329, 1616 (2010);DOI: 10.1126/science.1179047

Blending of animal colour patterns by hybridization.
Miyazawa S, Okamoto M, Kondo S.
Nat Commun . 2010 Sep;1(6):doi:10.1038/ncomms1071

How animals get their skin patterns: fish pigment pattern as a live Turing wave.
Kondo S, Iwashita M, Yamaguchi M.
Int J Dev Biol . 2009;53(5-6):851-6. Review.

Interactions between zebrafish pigment cells responsible for the generation of Turing patterns.

Nakamasu A, Takahashi G, Kanbe A, Kondo S.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2009 May 26;106(21):8429-34. Epub 2009 May 11.

Theoretical analysis of mechanisms that generate the pigmentation pattern of animals.

Kondo S, Shirota H.

Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2009 Feb;20(1):82-9. Epub 2008 Oct 19. Review.

Melanophores in the stripes of adult zebrafish do not have the nature to gather, but disperse when they have the space to move
Takahashi G and Kondo S
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res . 2009, 21; 677–686

Pattern regulation in the stripe of zebrafish suggests an underlying dynamic and autonomous mechanism.

Yamaguchi M, Yoshimoto E, Kondo S.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2007 Mar 20;104(12):4790-3. Epub 2007 Mar 12.

Pigment pattern in jaguar/obelix zebrafish is caused by a Kir7.1 mutation: implications for the regulation of melanosome movement.Iwashita M, Watanabe M, Ishii M, Chen T, Johnson SL, Kurachi Y, Okada N, Kondo S.
PLoS Genet . 2006 Nov 24;2(11):e197.

Spot pattern of leopard Danio is caused by mutation in the zebrafish connexin41.8 gene.

Watanabe M, Iwashita M, Ishii M, Kurachi Y, Kawakami A, Kondo S, Okada N.

EMBO Rep . 2006 Sep;7(9):893-7. Epub 2006 Jul 14.

Noise-resistant and synchronized oscillation of the segmentation clock.
Horikawa K, Ishimatsu K, Yoshimoto E, Kondo S, Takeda H.

Nature. 2006 Jun 8;441(7094):719-23

Pigment cell distributions in different tissues of the zebrafish, with special reference to the striped pigment pattern.
Hirata M, Nakamura K, Kondo S.

Dev Dyn . 2005 Oct;234(2):293-300.

Traveling stripes on the skin of a mutant mouse.

Suzuki N, Hirata M, Kondo S.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2003 Aug 19;100(17):9680-5. Epub 2003 Jul 31.
Stripes, spots, or reversed spots in two-dimensional Turing systems.
Shoji H, Iwasa Y, Kondo S.
J Theor Biol . 2003 Oct 7;224(3):339-50.

Pigment cell organization in the hypodermis of zebrafish.

Hirata M, Nakamura K, Kanemaru T, Shibata Y, Kondo S.
Dev Dyn . 2003 Aug;227(4):497-503.

Origin of directionality in the fish stripe pattern.

Shoji H, Mochizuki A, Iwasa Y, Hirata M, Watanabe T, Hioki S, Kondo S.

Dev Dyn . 2003 Apr;226(4):627-33.

The reaction-diffusion system: a mechanism for autonomous pattern formation in the animal skin.

Kondo S.

Genes Cells . 2002 Jun;7(6):535-41. Review.

Directionality of stripes formed by anisotropic reaction-diffusion models.

Shoji H, Iwasa Y, Mochizuki A, Kondo S.

J Theor Bi ol. 2002 Feb 21;214(4):549-61.

Zebrafish leopard gene as a component of the putative reaction-diffusion system.