Blood ring: an early embryonic lethal condition in chickens.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110468

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Blood ring: an early embryonic lethal condition in chickens.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Savage T F, DeFrank M P, Brean S E

Abstract excerpt

Blood ring describes a lethal embryonic condition in chickens that is expressed between 48 and 66 h of incubation. The condition is characterized by the presence of uncoalesced blood islands, the absence of vitelline arteries, and a sinus terminalis engorged with erythrocytes. The disorder is inh...

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Alleles
Animals
Blood
Chick Embryo
Chickens
Genes, Lethal
Genes, Recessive

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