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A deleterious effect associated with UNH159 is attenuated in twin embryos of an inbred line of blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Jan 2013
Shirak A, Palti Y, Bern O, Kocher T D, Gootwine E, Seroussi E, Hulata G, Ron M, Avtalion R R
Abstract excerpt
Offspring of a highly inbred gynogenetic line of Oreochromis aureus displayed 12-fold increase in twinning rate compared to the outbred population. Asymmetric conjoined twins, which consist of a normal embryo attached to a malformed-atrophic twin, were frequently encountered in both gynogenetic (90·7%) and outbred (38·2%) embryos. The monozygotic origin of these twins was determined using five microsatellite...
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