1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of polydactylous quail as an animal for studying morphogenesis
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07680918
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Laboratory animal science
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| Research Institution | HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY (1996)
Osaka Prefecture University (1995) |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUZUKI Masaoki Hiroshima University, Faculty of Applied Biological Science Associate Professor, 生物生産学部, 助教授 (70212058)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Keywords | quail / animal model / multiple malformation / morphogenesis / limb pattern / pdydactyly / mutation / skeletal abnormality |
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| Research Abstract |
Hereditary multiple malformation (HMM), a new mutation of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), is controlled by an autosomal recessive gene. The proposed gene symbol for the mutant gene is hmm. The majority of the homozygotes die at the 6th day of incubation, and the remainder dies at various stages by 15 days of incubation. The homozygotes surviving to the late embryonic stage have greatly shortened lower and upper beaks set apart and show an early-embryo-like body shape, with feather buds but no plumules. Furthermore, they show syndactylous polydactyly in both fore and hind limbs. In the abdomen of the homozygote, a part of the ventriculus, liver, and small intestine protrudes out of the umbilicus region. In the skeleton of the late HMM embryos, ossification is generally delayd, and morphogenetic abnormalities are observed all over the body. This mutant seems to become a powerful animal model in the research fields for morphogenesis.
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