GeneticsAnimal GeneticsPeer-reviewed
GTP cyclohydrolase II (gch2) and axanthism in ball pythons: a new vertebrate model for pterin-based pigmentation
Alan García‐Elfring, Heather L. Roffey, Jaren M. Abergas…·Rowan D. H. Barrett
The paper identifies a premature stop codon in the gch2 gene in axanthic ball pythons, linking it to pterin-based pigmentation and establishing ball pythons as a vertebrate model for studying axanthism.