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Failure of growth regulation of the lens epithelium in strains of fast-growing chicks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. M. Clayton
R. M. Clayton
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh

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Two strains of poultry selected for high growth-rate were found to have an anomalous lens morphology indicating a failure of the normal process of growth regulation. The implications for lens fibre differentiation are discussed, as are the implications for genetic selection for growth-rate.

Type
Short Papers
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 79 - 82
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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