Adult Pearl Danio (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Adult Pearl Danio

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Researchers have determined it's a certain gene that keeps pigment cells dispersed and gives the pearl danio its uniform orange color. By expressing this gene the same way in zebrafish, the zebrafish pigment cells also remained intermingled and the fish were essentially stripped of their stripes.

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D Parichy Lab/U of Washington

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