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Differences in transcription and promoters of Xmrk-1 and Xmrk-2 genes suggest a role for Xmrk-2 in pigment pattern development in the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus.
Cell growth & differentiation : the molecular biology journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jun 1994
Woolcock B W, Schmidt B M, Kallman K D, Vielkind J R
Abstract excerpt
Pigment (macromelanophore) patterns in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus are due to a complex pigmentary locus; for example, the spotted-dorsal (Sd) fin pattern is due to the Sd locus. In interspecific backcross hybrids with the swordtail X. helleri, the Sd pattern changes into benign or malign...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cyprinodontiformes
- DNA Probes
- Fish Proteins
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Melanoma, Experimental
- Melanophores
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pigments, Biological
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Sequence Analysis, DNA