Degenerative myopathy of the deep pectoral muscle in the turkey.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a108648

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Degenerative myopathy of the deep pectoral muscle in the turkey.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Harper J A, Bernier P E, Helfer D H, Schmitz J A

Abstract excerpt

A degenerative myopathy affecting only the supracoracoideus in the domestic turkey, with a greater incidence in white turkeys than in Broad Breasted Bronze, was first observed in 1967. The defect is variable in expressivity and penetrance and is apparently part of a polygenic system involving mod...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Male
Muscular Dystrophy, Animal
Mutation
Pectoralis Muscles

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