Inheritance of spotting in the leopard danio.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109260

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Inheritance of spotting in the leopard danio.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Frankel J S

Abstract excerpt

The inheritance of spotting pattern was investigated in the teleosts Brachydanio nigrofasciatus (leopard danio) and B. frankei (spotted danio). The segregation patterns observed in the progenies from nine different matings indicate a single-factor inheritance of the leopard and spotted phenotypes...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Fishes
Male
Phenotype
Pigmentation
Species Specificity

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