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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 embryos bearing aberrations induced by recessive mutant genes would cluster within families and recur in particular...
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