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Medakafish Mutant- rs-3

almost no scales, only a few large ones.

Sharpe PT.: Fish scale development: Hair today, teeth and scales yesterday?
Curr Biol. 2001 Sep 18;11(18):R751-2.

Kondo S, Kuwahara Y, Kondo M, Naruse K, Mitani H, Wakamatsu Y, Ozato K, Asakawa S, Shimizu N, Shima A.: The medaka rs-3 locus required for scale development encodes ectodysplasin-A receptor.
Curr Biol. 2001 Aug 7;11(15):1202-6.

The phenotype of rs-3 mutant fish. (a,c) Wild-type. (b,d) rs-3 mutant. (a,b) Side views of 3-month-old fish. Mutant fish look more transparent, owing to the loss of melanophores associated with scales. (c,d) Transverse sections of 2-month-old fish stained with alizarin. The calcium contained in the scales is stained red in (c) wild-type fish