Table 3.

Retinal degeneration loci in zebrafish

Gene	Allele	PhR defect (visible at 6 dpf)	RPE defect (visible at 6 dpf)	Other cell types or tissues affected^3-a
blass	bls^tg306a	No	Yes	Melanophores (8, renamed in this paper)
bleached	blc^th204b	No	Yes	Melanophores, ear, CNS (3, 6, 8, 14)
blurred	blr^tx3c	No	Yes	Melanophores (6, 8)
fade out	fad^tm63c	Yes	Yes	Melanophores (6, 8)
fading vision	fdv^th236a	Yes	Yes	Melanophores, CNS (3, 5, 8)
mirage	mir^tm79d	No	Yes	Melanophores (6, 8)
ivory	Ivy^tm271a	Yes	Yes	Melanophores, CNS (3, 6, 8)
quasimodo	qam^tb244c	No	Yes	Melanophores, notochord (8, 9)
sunbleached	sbl^to4a	Yes	Yes	Melanophores, jaw, branchial arches (6, 8, 12)
crocodile	cro^tw212d	Yes	No	Other neurons (4)
flathead	fla^ta53c	Yes	No	CNS, jaw and branchial arches (6, 8, 12)
tp49d	NN^tp49d	Central retina	No	Kidney (1, 2)
tz288b	NN^tz288b	Central retina	No	Kidney (1, 2)

Defects in the outer retina are visible histologically at 6 dpf. All mutants are behaviorally blind or visually impaired and have defective ERG responses (no or reduced a-wave).
↵F3-a References: 1, Brand et al. (1996); 2, Chen et al. (1996); 3, Furutani-Seiki et al. (1996); 4, Granato et al. (1996); 5, Haffter et al. (1996b); 6, Heisenberg et al. (1996); 8, Kelsh et al. (1996); 9, Odenthal et al. (1996a); 12, Schilling et al. (1996); 14,Whitfield et al. (1996).