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E G Buss

Publications and source records attributed to E G Buss.

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PubMed1968

Abnormal water balance in a mutant strain of chickens.

Polydipsia and polyuria are pronounced in chickens of a selected strain and this diabetes insipidus is inherited. The kidneys of such birds are capable of an antidiuretic response when lysine vasopressin or arginine vasotocin is injected. Osmotic pressure and sodium concentration of the plasmas of normal and mutant chickens are identical. Chicks predicted to have diabetes insipidus on the basis of parental pedigree are polydipsic.

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PubMed1966

Triploid-diploid mosaic chicken embryo.

Cytological analysis of an underdeveloped chicken embryo at 6 days of incubation revealed a triploid-diploid mosaic condition. Of the 30 metaphases observed, 19 were triploid and 11 diploid. The triploid cells were 3A-ZZZ and diploid cells 2A-ZZ, as determined for the six largest pairs of chromnosomes.

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Identification of a 16--17-day lethal factor in a chondrodystrophic stock of turkeys.

Chondrodystrophy in turkeys is a lethal condition produced by an autosomal allele, ch. Mutants are characterized by very short and thick legs, shortened wings, globular head with parrot beak, and a protruding abdomen. Classification of ch/ch embryos may be accurately made at 12 days incubation, prior to which limited appendicular development precludes distinction from normal or heterozygous birds. Death caused by the mutant allele occurs between 24 and 28 days; some embryos are alive but unpipped at time of hatch. Analysis of the pattern of embryonic mortality for the stock carrying the ch allele revealed at 16--17-day lethal factor that appears to be independent of chondrodystrophy. Of 52 females mated to Ch/ch males, 41 were determined to be Ch/ch; 32 of these heterozygous females exhibited normal embryonic mortality patterns. Nine hens, in addition to being Ch/ch, displayed a significant increase in embryo death between 15 and 18 days, peaking sharply at 17 days. Of the 11 females determined to be Ch/Ch, five showed the same 15 to 18 day pattern of mortality observed for the nine Ch/ch females.

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Turkey-chicken hybrids: a cytological study of early development.

Reciprocal hybridization experiments were performed between the line of Beltsville Small White turkeys that has been selected for high incidence of parthenogenesis and two strains of chickens. The eggs were examined cytologically at early stages of development. In the cross of turkey females X chicken males, it was found that both male (2A-ZZ) and female (2A-ZW) zygotes are formed, but the latter are much less viable and usually die in a very early stage of development. Besides the hybrid embryos, parthenogenetic-type embryos also were found. In the cross of chicken females X turkey males, no evidence of successful hybridization was obtained. However, cell division was initiated in 100 percent of the chicken eggs. This fact suggests that turkey sperm had some enhancing effect on parthenogenetic cell division in chicken eggs.

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