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Inheritance of trunk banding in the tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Characidae).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Frankel J S
Abstract excerpt
The tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi) exhibits two phenotypes associated with trunk banding. Fish possess either a smoky-gray coloration with two prominent black vertical bands located directly behind the operculum (black tetra) or a lighter coloration and lack these bands (white skirt tetra). Segregation patterns observed from the progenies of 11 different crosses suggest that the inheritance of these phenotypes is...
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