Chondrodystrophy: an inherited lethal condition in turkey embryos.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a108644

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Chondrodystrophy: an inherited lethal condition in turkey embryos.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Gaffney L J

Abstract excerpt

Chondrodystrophy was found to occur as an embryonic lethal in a special line of turkeys. Inheritance of the condition was studied in embryos produced parthenogenetically from virgin dams and also in embryos from the same dams in bisexual matings. Expression was similar to other forms of the disor...

Topics

Achondroplasia
Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Lethal
Genotype
Male
Parthenogenesis
Pedigree
Phenotype

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