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Stumpy limb--an embryonic lethal mutation in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Jikken dobutsu. Experimental animals - 1 Oct 1991
Tsudzuki M, Wakasugi N, Morioka H, Esaki K
Abstract excerpt
An embryonic lethal mutant was found in Japanese quail and named "stumpy limb (SL)". All SL embryos died at pre-hatching stages, showing brachycephaly, a thickened neck, short upper and lower beaks, and short and thick extremities, while their body length was similar to that of the normal embryos...
Topics
- Animals
- Bone and Bones
- Coturnix
- Female
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Recessive
- Male
- Mutation