GeneticsGeneticsPeer-reviewed
The phenotypic variation of widefins medaka is due to the insertion of a giant transposon containing a viral genome within hoxca cluster
Rina Koita, Shunsuke Otake, Natsuki Fukaya…·Akinori Kawamura
The study identifies a transposon insertion in the hoxc12a 3' UTR of widefins medaka that reduces hox gene expression and causes phenotypic variation in fin rays.