Tag Archive for 'Albinism'

Pelage color variation in the North American bison (Bison bison): (a) albino bison; note the white pelage, hypopigmented eyes, and hypopigmented skin particularly around eyes and nose; (b) typical wild-type bison pelage color. Image credit: Stroupe et al., doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad156 / National Buffalo Museum / Searle Swedlund of Jamestown, ND.

Researchers Produce High-Quality Genome Assembly for North American Bison

Nov 22, 2023 by News Staff

In their new research, scientists at Texas A&M University developed a highly contiguous chromosome-level reference genome for the North American bison...

Albino (left) and wild-type (right) anole lizards. Image credit: Rasys et al, doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.089.

Researchers Create Albino Lizards Using CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing

Sep 3, 2019 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the University of Georgia has used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to engineer brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) with transmissible mutations...