Bh (black at hatch) gene appears to be expressed in melanocytes of feather germs in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-450

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

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Ghost barring'; Bh gene; Melanocytes; Plumage pigmentation patterns; Quail embryos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; QUAIL;

COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0030865541     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-3-00005.x     Document Type: Article

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