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Chondroitin Sulphate and Collagen in Inherited Skeletal Defects of Chickens

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MUTANT chickens and chick embryos with well characterized hereditary defects of the skeleton1,2 were obtained from the breeding flocks of the Agricultural Experimental Station of the University of Connecticut by kind permission of Drs. W. Landauer and L. Pierro.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Bobs Roberts Memorial Hospital for Children, 920 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois

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MATHEWS, M. Chondroitin Sulphate and Collagen in Inherited Skeletal Defects of Chickens. Nature 213, 1255–1256 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131255a0

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