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The yellow mutation in the frog Rana rugosa: pigment organelle deformities in the three types of chromatophore.
Pigment cell research - 1 Aug 2001
Ichikawa Y, Ohtani H, Miura I
Abstract excerpt
Crossing experiments revealed that a single recessive gene mutation (yellow) gives rise to the yellow phenotype of Rana rugosa in Japan. Ultrastructural observation of dermal chromatophores showed that the pigment organelles; melanosomes, pterinosomes, and reflecting platelets, all had structural deformities. This suggests that the yellow gene acts at the level of a primordial pigment organelle common to the...
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