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Disappearing scales in carps: re-visiting Kirpichnikov's model on the genetics of scale pattern formation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Casas Laura, Szűcs Réka, Vij Shubha, Goh Chin Heng, Kathiresan Purushothaman, Németh Sándor, Jeney Zsigmond, Bercsényi Miklós, Orbán László
Abstract excerpt
The body of most fishes is fully covered by scales that typically form tight, partially overlapping rows. While some of the genes controlling the formation and growth of fish scales have been studied, very little is known about the genetic mechanisms regulating scale pattern formation. Although the existence of two genes with two pairs of alleles (S&s and N&n) regulating scale coverage in cyprinids has been...
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