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A Eskova, R Garcia-Junco, F Chauvigné, H-M Maischein, M Ammelburg, J Cerdà, L Kaderali, C Nüsslein-Volhard, and U Irion, "Gain-of-function mutations of mau/DrAqp3a influence zebrafish pigment pattern formation through the tissue environment", in The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC 2016), (2016), pp. 185.