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[Genetics of color of the ornamental carp: inheritance of underlying dark coloration].
Genetika - 1 Oct 2001
Katasonov V Ia, Dement'ev V N, Klimov A V
Abstract excerpt
In ornamental carps from the collection of the Experimental Station, All-Russia Research Institute of Fresh-Water Fisheries, fish with a dirty dark tint of body color among orange and white fish were found. This coloration was shown to be due to the presence of black pigment cells in the lower skin layer. In the outer skin layers these cells were almost entirely absent. This color type was found to be determined...
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