Development and performances of a Japanese quail line homozygous for the diabetes insipidus (di) mutation.

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A strain of Japanese quail with the polyuria disorder (excessive urination) was developed from founders that regurgitated water spontaneously. A back-cross with a nonpolyuric quail line showed that the polyuric strain was fixed for an autosomal recessive mutation that also induced polydipsia (excessive drinking). Plasma levels and brain mRNA contents for avian Arg vasotocin were little affected by the mutation,...

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