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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 modifiers. The defect is found principally in turkeys of breeding age, and only to a very limited extent in birds under 24...
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