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The pigmentation gene of Xenopus laevis is dominant and that of albino a~p mutant recessive. Hete-rologous haploid hybrids are produced by UV inactivation of the egg nuclei during second polar body for-mation in the mutant sperm-fertilized Xenopus eggs. During development of these hybrids, melanin ap-peared in the eye and melanophores in the skin at stages comparable to those of the wild type, but muchearlier than in the albino mutant. The number and intensity of pigment cells are interinediate betweenthe black Xenopus and albino mutant. While a number of pigment cells remain in the hybrids, thosein the albino eventually degenerate. Therefore, the development and maintenance of pigmentation in hete-rologous hybrids are contributed by Xenopus cytoplasm. Tadpole tail-tips were squashed and stained for chromosome counting. The results show thatXenopus and mutants are diploid (36 chromosomes) and heterologous haploid hybrids have 18 chromosomes.
The pigmentation gene of Xenopus laevis is dominant and that of albino a ~ p mutant recessive. Hete-rologous haploid hybrids are produced by UV inactivation of the egg nuclei during second polar body for-mation in the mutant sperm-fertilized Xenopus eggs. During development of these hybrids, melanin ap-peared in the eye and melanophores in the skin at stages comparable to those of the wild type, but muchearlier than in the albino mutant. The number and intensity of pigment cells are interinediate betweenthe black Xenopus and albino mutant. While a number of pigment cells remain in the hybrids, thosein the albino eventually degenerate. Thus results from the development and maintenance of pigmentation in hete-rologous hybrids are contributed by Xenopus cytoplasm. Tadpole tail-tips were squashed and stained for chromosome counting. show thatXenopus and mutants are diploid (36 chromosomes) and heterologous haploid hybrids have 18 chromosomes.