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Gallus domesticus

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Chromosome atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds

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The accompanying karyogram came from specimens of the Minnesota dominant marker stock, a composite of twelve or more breeds and varieties. Mr. J. S. Otis and Mrs. Nancy Wang of this laboratory have karyotypes several other breeds, including the Red Jungle fowl Gallus gallus kindly supplied to us by Dr. W. Hollander, Iowa State University and the Araucana breed which supposedly originated in South America. All have identical karyotypes, suggesting that the one shown here is the same for all chickens. Karyotypes have been prepared from feather pulp, leucocyte culture, embryonic tissue and bone marrow cultures.

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  1. Serviço De Genética, Instituto Butantan, Caixa Postal 65, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Luiza Beçak & Willy Beçak

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine, USA

    Franklin L. Roberts

  3. Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Robert N. Shoffner

  4. Department of Biology, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    E. Peter Volpe

  5. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, 92037, San Diego,La Jolla, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  6. Section of Cell Biology, M.D. Anderson Hospital, 77025, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

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  1. Serviço De Genética, Instituto Butantan, Caixa Postal 65, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Luiza Beçak  & Willy Beçak  & 

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maine, 04473, Orono, Maine, USA

    Franklin L. Roberts

  3. Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 55101, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

    Robert N. Shoffner

  4. Department of Biology, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    E. Peter Volpe

  5. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, 92037, San Diego,La Jolla, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  6. Section of Cell Biology, M.D. Anderson Hospital, 77025, Houston, Texas, USA

    T. C. Hsu

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Beçak, M.L. et al. (1971). Gallus domesticus. In: Beçak, M.L., et al. Chromosome atlas: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38220-2_44

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