Culture System for Embryos of Blue-Breasted Quail from the Blastoderm Stage to Hatching
| Autor: | Makoto Mizutani, Yoshifumi Nakane, Shoko Ninomiya, Takahiro Wadayama, Hiroshi Kagami, Masaoki Tsudzuki, Tamao Ono, Toshihiko Suzuki, Kenjiro Arisawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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animal structures
Zoology Coturnix Quail General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Embryo Culture Techniques biology.animal Animals Blastoderm General Veterinary biology Hatching Coturnix japonica Embryo culture Embryo Embryonic Stage General Medicine Anatomy biology.organism_classification Models Animal embryonic structures Animal Science and Zoology Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Experimental Animals. 54:7-11 |
| ISSN: | 1881-7122 1341-1357 |
| DOI: | 10.1538/expanim.54.7 |
| Popis: | The blue-breasted quail (Coturnix chinensis), the smallest species in the order Galliforms, is a candidate model animal for avian developmental engineering because it is precocious and prolific. This species requires 17 days to hatch and 8 to 9 weeks to mature to an adult body weight of about 50 g, whereas the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) requires 16 days to hatch and 6 to 8 weeks to mature to an adult body weight of 100 to 150 g. The early embryo is the most challenging embryonic stage in terms of culture and manipulation for avian biotechnology. We have evaluated various conditions for the culture of blue-breasted quail embryos from the blastoderm stage to hatching. A hatchability rate of 26% (10/39) is among the best of the various culture conditions examined in the present study and the embryo culture system should facilitate advances in avian biotechnology. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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