Movie 5.

Long-term imaging reveals dMC motile behaviors. 6 hour time-lapse movie of MCs and dMCs expressing Tg(atoh1a:lifeact-egfp) in an intubated juvenile zebrafish. Manual cell tracks (white traces) show dMCs crawling in the direction of their protrusions while MCs remain largely stationary. Scale bar, 10 μm.

Dendritic atoh1a+ cells serve as Merkel cell precursors during skin development and regeneration

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Development 2025. 152:None-None; doi: 10.1242/dev.204810