Journal of Heredity Advance Access published online on April 2, 2007
Journal of Heredity, doi:10.1093/jhered/esm016
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Establishment of an Albino Strain of the Bitterling Tanakia signifer (Pisces, Cyprinidae)
From the Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan (Ueda); the Kannonzaki Nature Museum and Institute, 4-1120 Kamoi, Yokosuka 239-0813, Japan (Ishinabe); and the Department of Biology, College of Natural Science, Sang Myung University, Jongno-gu, Hongji-dong 7, Seoul 110-743, Korea (Jeon)
Address correspondence to T. Ueda at the address above, or e-mail: ueda{at}cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp.
An albino strain of the bitterling Tanakia signifer (Pisces, Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae) was established through interbreeding using an albino male selected from among the offspring produced from the spawning of 18 wild-caught individuals. This is the first report of albinism in this species. Progeny tests demonstrated that inheritance of the trait follows the expected pattern for a simple autosomal recessive. A stock of 200+ individuals is currently being held at the Kannonzaki Nature History Museum, Japan.
Corresponding Editor: Lisa Seeb
Received June 7, 2006
Accepted November 30, 2006