Inherited muscular disorder in mutant Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica): relationship between the development of muscle lesions and age.

doi:10.1016/s0021-9975(05)80028-3

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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

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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 ag...

Topics

Aging
Animals
Bird Diseases
Coturnix
Extremities
Female
Male
Muscle Development
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Muscle, Skeletal
Muscular Dystrophy, Animal
Mutation
Myotonia

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