.... Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Dorsoventral patterning Modularity Somite Zic Oryzias latipes Vertebrates display diverse morphology and coloration, especially on the dorsal side. For example, many of reptiles and fish have crests or fins on the midline...

... of individual neuromasts. Finally, we examine how general these migratory processes can be by describing two fish species with very different adult patterns, Astyanax fasciatus (Mexican blind cavefish) and Oryzias latipes (medaka). We show that their primary patterns are nearly identical to that observed...