Medakafish Mutant- b

b : melanophores colorless

Shimada A, Fukamachi S, Wakamatsu Y, Ozato K, Shima A.

Induction and characterization of mutations at the b locus of the medaka, Oryzias latipes.
Zoolog Sci. 2002;19(4):411-417.

Baxter LL, Pavan WJ.

The oculocutaneous albinism type IV gene Matp is a new marker of pigment cell precursors during mouse embryonic development.
Mech Dev. 2002 Aug;116(1-2):209-12.

Nakayama K, Fukamachi S, Kimura H, Koda Y, Soemantri A, Ishida T.

Distinctive distribution of AIM1 polymorphism among major human populations with different skin color.
J Hum Genet. 2002;47(2):92-4.

Fukamachi S, Shimada A, Shima A.

Mutations in the gene encoding B, a novel transporter protein, reduce melanin content in medaka.
Nat Genet. 2001 Aug;28(4):381-5.

Fukamachi S, Shimada A, Naruse K, Shima A.

Genomic analysis of gamma-ray-induced germ-cell mutations at the b locus recovered from the medaka specific-locus test.
Mutat Res. 2001 Jun;458(1-2):19-29.

Hyodo-Taguchi Y, Winkler C, Kurihara Y, Schartl A, Schartl M

Phenotypic rescue of the albino mutation in the medakafish (Oryzias latipes) by a mouse tyrosinase transgene.
Mech. Develop. 68; 27-35 (1997).

Inagaki, H., Bessho, Y., Koga, A. and Hori, H. (1994).

Expression of the tyrosinase-encoding gene in a colorless melanophore mutant of the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes.
Gene, 150: 319-324.

Hirose-E; Matsumoto-J

Deficiency of the gene B impairs differentiation of melanophores in the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes.
Pigment Cell Res. 6 (1): 45-51 (1993).

Matsumoto, J., Akiyama, T., Hirose, E., Nakamura, M., Yamamoto, H. and Takeuchi, T.(1992)

Expression and transmission of wild-type pigmentation in the skin of transgenic orange-colored variants of medaka (Oryzias latipes) bearing the gene for mouse tyrosinase.
Pigment Cell Res. 5:322-327.

Hishida, T., Tomita, H. and Yamamoto, T. (1961).

Melanin formation in color varieties of the medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Embyologia 5: 335-346.

Goodrich, H.B., and Smith, M.A. (1937).

Genetics and histology of the color pattern in the normal and albino paradise fish Macropodus opercularis L..
Biol. Bull. 73, 527-534

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