title: Muscle opacity (mo), a new mutant gene in Xenopus laevis, linked to the rusty locus.
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: Station de Zoologie expérimentale, Université de Genève, Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Droin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005796:Genes; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D007814:Larva / Q000235:genetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000235:genetics*