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Early detection of inherited muscular dystrophy in chickens

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New Hampshire chickens, homozygous for inherited muscular dystrophy, display clinical manifestations at an early age. A fine structural examination of embryos from this strain shows marked degenerative changes four days prior to hatching. The Z bands appear to dissolve progressively to the point where finally the myofibrils become uniformly dense with no detectable banding patterns.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 70119, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Emory Raworth Allen & Bruce Jeffery Murphy

  2. College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

    Emory Raworth Allen & Bruce Jeffery Murphy

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Allen, E.R., Murphy, B.J. Early detection of inherited muscular dystrophy in chickens. Cell Tissue Res. 197, 165–167 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233561

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