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Sister chromatid exchange in Greenleg Partridge and Polbar hens covered by the gene-pool protection program for farm animals in Poland.
Poultry science - 1 Oct 2012
Wójcik E, Andraszek K, Gryzinska M, Witkowski A, Palyszka M, Smalec E
Abstract excerpt
A basic assay that detects genotoxic DNA damage disrupting DNA replication and repair mechanisms is the sister chromatid exchange test. The frequency of sister chromatid exchanges was analyzed in chromosomes of the following hen breeds: Greenleg Partridge and Polbar. Chromosome preparations were obtained from our in vitro culture of peripheral blood lymphocytes stained using the fluorescence plus Giemsa (FPG)...
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