Abstract
SummaryA new developmental mutant is described inXenopus 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. Themogene is linked to therustylocus, with a map distance of 6·1%.
Subject
Genetics,General Medicine
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