Increased nanosphere size in the cuticle layer of Japanese quail egg by mutation in the myostatin gene.

Abstract excerpt

Cuticle quality can affect food safety by protecting poultry eggs from bacterial infection in the modern poultry industry. However, genetic factors related to cuticle nanostructure are not much reported due to limited bird models. In the current study, the genome-edited quail targeting myostatin (MSTN) gene was used to investigate the effect of MSTN mutation on the cuticle nanostructure and quality. To analyze...

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• Coturnix
• Egg Shell
• Eggs
• Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
• Mutation