Distribution of melanocytes in feather germs of a plumage mutant Bh (black at hatch) embryo of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 719-723

  Shiojiri, Nobuyoshi ^a   Oguri, Yasuko ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Akira ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

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EID: 0030443683     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.719     Document Type: Article

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