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Head skeletal abnormalities associated with the throat tuft mutation (hfdTt) in the Japanese quail.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 1990
Tsudzuki M, Wakasugi N
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary abnormalities of head skeleton ascribed to embryonic visceral arch defects were investigated in Japanese quail homozygous for the throat tuft mutation (hfdTt). Differential staining for bone and cartilage of 15-day embryos revealed partial deletion or irregularity in the mandible, basiparasphenoid, hyoid apparatus, and quadratojugal bones, incidences of which were 84, 44, 40, and 18%, respectively....
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