Some examples of conserved melanocyte genes that control the analogous cell type, melanophores, in zebrafish, include the transcription factor associated with microphthalmia (referred to as MITF in humans, Mitf in mice, and mitf in zebrafish), dopachrome tautomerase (DCT), tyrosinase (TYR), tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TYRP1), and oculocutaneous albinism 2 (OCA2) [33]. This evidence concerns the gene TYR and microphthalmia.