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Generation of a white-albino phenotype from cobalt blue and yellow-albino rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Inheritance pattern and chromatophores analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Hattori Ricardo Shohei, Yoshinaga Tulio Teruo, Butzge Arno Juliano, Hattori-Ihara Shoko, Tsukamoto Ricardo Yasuichi, Takahashi Neuza Sumico, Tabata Yara Aiko
Abstract excerpt
Albinism is the most common color variation described in fish and is characterized by a white or yellow phenotype according to the species. In rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, aside from yellow-albino phenotypes, cobalt blue variants with autosomal, recessive inheritance have also been reported. In this study, we investigated the inheritance pattern and chromatophores distribution/abundance of cobalt blue...
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