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A deleted retroviral insertion at the ev21-K complex locus in Indonesian chickens.
Poultry science - 1 May 1997
Tixier-Boichard M, Boulliou-Robic A, Morisson M, Coquerelle G, Horst P, Benkel B
Abstract excerpt
Very poor feather development has been observed in chickens of the Nunukan strain, originating from Indonesia. The wing of the newly hatched chick does not show any primary or covert feathers; this phenotype will be referred to as very-late feathering (VLF). As adults, chickens are feathered but tail feathers are short and fragile. An experimental population was set up at the National Institute of Agronomic...
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