In other species: goldfish , rainbow trout , guppy , Nile tilapia , gilthead seabream , Mallard , Garter snake , Guadeloupean anole , ball python , Midas cichlid , blacktip shark , common wall lizard , Sand lizard , mimic poison frog , Asian bonytongue , leopard coralgrouper , White's rock-skink , starry flounder , delicate skink , red-top cobalt mbuna , Sagus Kul lizard , Oujiang color common carp , poison dart frogs , Blue Regal "Mbenji" Peacock

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: no

Species-specific description: Palmiotti et al. (2023) "knocked out three genes: alkal2l, bco1l, and mitfa, and analyzed their effects on viability and pigmentation. ... [The authors concluded that their] method for obtaining CRISPR/Cas9 knockouts in betta is efficient and effective, that a homozygous knockout of bco1l is lethal, and that alkal2l is critical for blue coloration." This study involves genetically modified organisms (GMO).

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing