Article
Influence of the bn gene on mitosis of immature red blood cells in turkeys.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Searle B M, Bloom S E
Abstract excerpt
The binucleated and large mononucleated red blood cells found in the blood of bnbn mutant turkeys result from nondisjunction of chromosomes in bone marrow polychromatic erythrocytes. The major ultrastructural abnormality that is observed in these mutant cells is malpositioning of the centrioles in the cell. This involves failure to assume a normal pole-to-pole position in the center of the cell, and, often,...
Topics
- Animals
- Bone Marrow Cells
- Cell Nucleus
- Erythrocytes
- Mitosis
- Mutation
- Turkeys