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Sonic Hedgehog-signalling patterns the developing chicken comb as revealed by exploration of the pea-comb mutation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Boije Henrik, Harun-Or-Rashid Mohammad, Lee Yu-Jen, Imsland Freyja, Bruneau Nicolas, Vieaud Agathe, Gourichon David, Tixier-Boichard Michèle, Bed'hom Bertrand, Andersson Leif, Hallböök Finn
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis and mechanisms behind the morphological variation observed throughout the animal kingdom is still relatively unknown. In the present work we have focused on the establishment of the chicken comb-morphology by exploring the Pea-comb mutant. The wild-type single-comb is reduced in size and distorted in the Pea-comb mutant. Pea-comb is formed by a lateral expansion of the central comb anlage into...
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