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. 2018 Feb 22;14(2):e1007197.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007197. eCollection 2018 Feb.

Fish mutant, where is thy phenotype?

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Fish mutant, where is thy phenotype?

Darius Balciunas. PLoS Genet. .
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Fig 1. Reverse genetics and mutant phenotypes.
Green panels represent a scenario where an engineered mutant displays a phenotype. In the absence of a phenotype (red panel), the possibilities of genetic compensation (blue panels) or incomplete loss of function (yellow panels) should be considered. If incomplete loss of function is likely, this information could be used to engineer a better allele (purple arrow). In mutants without overt phenotypes, more specific or more stringent assays may be needed to reveal a phenotype (grey arrow). In addition to scenarios displayed in the figure, genetic redundancy is known to lead to an absence of mutant phenotypes.

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