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Combined deletions of IHH and NHEJ1 cause chondrodystrophy and embryonic lethality in the Creeper chicken.
Communications biology - 25 Mar 2020
Kinoshita Keiji, Suzuki Takayuki, Koike Manabu, Nishida Chizuko, Koike Aki, Nunome Mitsuo, Uemura Takeo, Ichiyanagi Kenji, Matsuda Yoichi
Abstract excerpt
The Creeper (Cp) chicken is characterized by chondrodystrophy in Cp/+ heterozygotes and embryonic lethality in Cp/Cp homozygotes. However, the genes underlying the phenotypes have not been fully known. Here, we show that a 25 kb deletion on chromosome 7, which contains the Indian hedgehog (IHH) and non-homologous end-joining factor 1 (NHEJ1) genes, is responsible for the Cp trait in Japanese bantam chickens. IHH...
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