Article
Genetic and experimental studies on a new pigment mutant in Xenopus laevis.
The Journal of experimental zoology - 1 Nov 1992
Droin A
Abstract excerpt
White lethal (wl) is a recessive mutation affecting the differentiation of the three types of chromatophores in Xenopus laevis and eventually leading to the death of the mutants around stage 50. Melanophores appear at st. 33 but differentiate abnormally, remaining pale grey, and do not proliferate after st. 41. The rare xanthophores present contain only a few differentiated pterinosomes, and the iridophores...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Chromatophores
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Recessive
- Male
- Melanophores
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pigmentation