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Leukocyte Tyrosine Kinase (Ltk) Is the Mendelian Determinant of the Axolotl Melanoid Color Variant
- Mirindi Kabangu,
- Raissa Cecil,
- Lloyd Strohl,
- Nataliya Timoshevskaya,
- Jeramiah J. Smith and
- Stephen R. Voss
The great diversity of color patterns observed among amphibians is largely explained by the differentiation of relatively few pigment cell types during development. Mexican axolotls present a variety of color phenotypes that span the continuum from l...