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Muscle opacity (mo), a new mutant gene in Xenopus laevis, linked to the rusty locus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Anne Droin
Anne Droin
Affiliation:
Station de Zoologie expérimentale. Université de Genève, 154 route de Malagnou, CH-1224 Chêne-Bougeries (Switzerland)

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A new developmental mutant is described in Xenopus laevis (Amphibia, Anura): muscle opacity (mo). Homozygotes die at larval stage 48. The underlying defect, visible at stage 47, is a degeneration of cephalic musculature. The mo gene is linked to the rusty locus, with a map distance of 6·1%.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , June 1991 , pp. 279 - 282
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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