A genetic defect in hyomandibular furrow closure in the Japanese quail: the causes for ear-opening abnormality and formation of an ear tuft.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110485

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A genetic defect in hyomandibular furrow closure in the Japanese quail: the causes for ear-opening abnormality and formation of an ear tuft.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Tsudzuki M, Wakasugi N

Abstract excerpt

The mutant ET (ear tuft) quail strain is characterized by an ear-opening abnormality frequently accompanied by ear tufts. The mutant ear opening is oval shaped with a fissure on its ventral margin, whereas the ear tufts project from the ventral end of the fissure or the posterior margin of the ea...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Chickens
Coturnix
Ear
Female
Genes, Recessive
Male
Mandible
Mutation
Poultry Diseases
Quail

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