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Inheritance, maternal influence and biochemical analysis of an egg color polymorphism inOphryotrocha diadema

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In the Polychaete wormOphryotrocha diadema, the yellow coloration of egg yolk is due to the selective uptake of lutein from food. The genetic control of this mechanism depends on a single locus with 2 alleles, the dominantY (yellow) allele, and the recessivey (absence of coloration) allele.

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  1. Università di Torino Istituto di Zoologia, Via Accademia Albertina 17, 48, I-Torino, Italy

    G. Sella & M. Marzoná

  2. Istituto di Chimica Organica Industriale, corso M. d'Azeglio, 48, I-Torino, Italy

    G. Sella & M. Marzoná

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This study was financially supported by the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (National Project: Genetica Ecologica).

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Sella, G., Marzoná, M. Inheritance, maternal influence and biochemical analysis of an egg color polymorphism inOphryotrocha diadema. Experientia 39, 97–98 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960650

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