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Salmon: a new autosomal mutation demonstrating incomplete dominance in the boine snake Boa constrictor.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Ihle R N, Schuett G W, Hughes K A
Abstract excerpt
An unusual and attractive pigmentation pattern mutation termed "salmon" has been identified in the United States in several captive colonies of the common neotropical boine snake boa constrictor [Boa constrictor (Boidae)]. Boa constrictors expressing the Sa pigmentation pattern appear to be restricted to regions of Panama. Animals with the Sa phenotype exhibit a sharp decrease in melanophore pigments (e.g.,...
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