Albino and wild-type hummingbird bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi) (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Albino and wild-type hummingbird bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi)

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Albino (left) and wildtype (right) hummingbird bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi) hatchlings. Ahuja et al. created a strain of bobtail squid that deactivated two genes that produce pigment in the skin and eyes. Credit Carrie Albertin and MBL Cephalopod Program.

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Credit: Carrie Albertin and MBL Cephalopod Program

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