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Inherited muscular disorder in mutant Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica): relationship between the development of muscle lesions and age.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Aug 1995
Braga I S, Tanaka S, Kimura T, Itakura C, Mizutani M
Abstract excerpt
The progression of the pathological changes that occur in the skeletal muscle was examined in 19 Japanese quail of the LWC strain, affected with an autosomal dominant inherited muscular disorder producing electrical myotonia. The muscle samples were obtained every 10 days from 20 to 70 days of age. Muscle samples from 18 age-matched commercial quail were used as normal controls. Characteristic histological...
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