title: The genetic basis of a dorsal color polymorphism in Rana pipiens.
abstract: Leopard frogs (Rana pipiens Schreber) from Colorado were used in laboratory matings to investigate the mode of inheritance of green-brown, dorsal background color polymorphism. A total of 624 F1 progeny were produced in 18 successful matings. The results support the hypothesis that the control of dorsal color in Rana pipens is a two-allele, one-locus system with the allele for green color dominant to the allele for brown color.
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005796:Genes; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011894:Rana pipiens / Q000235:genetics*; D012880:Skin Pigmentation