Evidence for genetic etiology of heteroploidy in embryos of the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

doi:10.1159/000133325

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Evidence for genetic etiology of heteroploidy in embryos of the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

Cytogenetics and cell genetics - 1 Jan 1992

de la Seña C A, Fechheimer N S, Nestor K E

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The Japanese quail was used as an experimental system to detect the effects of genes that affect chromosome behavior and distribution. From a random-bred population, three inbred generations were produced by full-sib matings in 36 families. The expectation from such a breeding scheme was that emb...

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Animals
Chromosome Aberrations
Coturnix
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Female
Genes, Recessive
Inbreeding
Male
Mutation
Pedigree
Ploidies

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