Widespread dynamic and pleiotropic expression of the melanocortin-1-receptor (MC1R) system is conserved across chick, mouse and human embryonic development.
Anna C ThomasPauline HeuxChloe SantosWisenave ArulvasanNita SolankyMagalie E CareyDianne GerrelliVeronica A KinslerHeather C EtcheversPublished in: Birth defects research (2018)
These data clearly show a new and hitherto unsuspected role for MC1R in noncutaneous solid tissues before birth.