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Albinism is a kind of congenital disease of abnormal metabolism. Poecilia reticulata (guppy fish) is chosen as the model to study the development of albinic embryos as it is albinic, ovoviviparous and with short life period. This study proposed an imaging method for penetrative embryo investigation using optical coherence tomography. By imaging through guppy mother’s reproduction purse, we found the embryo’s eyes were the early-developed albinism features. As human’s ocular albinism typically appear at about four weeks old, it is the time to determine if an embryo will grow into an albino.
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Yang, BW., Wang, SY., Wang, YY. et al. The early-stage diagnosis of albinic embryos by applying optical coherence tomography. OPT REV 20, 438–441 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-013-0075-5
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