The long-standing model of pigment cell origins is implicitly based upon a progressive fate restriction model of neural crest development and postulates the existence of a partially restricted progenitor common to all pigment cell types (i.e., a chromatoblast) [38] .
Sodium is the fourth most abundant element on earth, comprising about 2.6% of the earth's crust; it is the most abundant of the alkali group of metals. It is now obtained commercially by the electrolysis of absolutely dry fused sodium chloride.
Sodium + Chlorine: Pass the Salt, Please . Sodium is a silver-colored metal which is soft enough to cut with a knife. It is an extremely reactive metal, and is always found naturally in ionic compounds, not in its pure metallic form. Pure sodium metal reacts violently (and sometimes explosively) with water, producing sodium hydroxide, hydrogen gas, and heat: