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Albinism Cane Toad

peer reviewedTYR

Funk et al. (2025) used CRISPR-Cas9 in captive cane toads to create TYR knockout albinos.  This phene includes references to studies involving gene edited or genetically modified organisms (GMO).

Offspring odds

No numbers for this one.

No inheritance mode has been recorded for Albinism, so no offspring odds are given. Guessing one would be worse than saying nothing: a breeder would plan a season on it.

What this rests on

A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph in the gene TYR.

  • Knocking out genes to reveal drivers of natural selection on phenotypic traits: a study of the fitness consequences of albinism.Proc Biol Sci 2025

Entry in Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals