OMIA 001738-8410 : Skin colour, whitish-yellow in Glandirana rugosa |
Mendelian trait/disorder:
yes
Mode of inheritance:
X-linked recessive
Considered a defect:
no
Key variant known:
no
Inheritance:
In this species, males are heterogametic (XY) but the sex chromosomes have the same shape and size (Miura et al., 2012). These authors provided evidence that whitish-yellow body colour is X-linked recessive.
Reference
2011 | Miura, I., Kitamoto, H., Koizumi, Y., Ogata, M., Sasaki, K. : | |
An X-linked body color gene of the frog Rana rugosa and its application to the molecular analysis of gonadal sex differentiation. Sex Dev 5:250-8, 2011. Pubmed reference: 21832826. DOI: 10.1159/000330365. |
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- Created by Frank Nicholas on 23 Nov 2012
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