Genetic and biochemical studies on ommochrome genesis in an albino strain of a terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.1997.tb00686.x

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Genetic and biochemical studies on ommochrome genesis in an albino strain of a terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare.

Pigment cell research - 1 Oct 1997

Hasegawa Y, Negishi S, Naito J, Ishiguro I, Martin G, Juchault P, Katakura Y

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Genetic studies and quantitative determination of levels of 3-hydroxykynurenine and kynurenine were performed in an albino strain of a terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare. From the results of matings between the albino and the albino, the red, the dark red, or the wild type individuals, the...

Topics

Albinism
Animals
Crustacea
Female
Kynurenine
Male
Mutation
Phenothiazines
Phenotype
Pigments, Biological

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