AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF COMB DEVELOPMENT IN CHICKEN
AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF COMB DEVELOPMENT IN CHICKEN
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DOI:
10.1002/jez.1401520209
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
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LAWRENCE, IE
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LAWRENCE, IE
An experimental analysis of development in the chicken comb has been investigated. Since the primordium elaborates a distinct ridge of modified dermis, possessing a thin epidermis, and phenotypic inheritance of comb pattern is specific, standard experimental embryological techniques were applicable. The New Hampshire Red (single comb), the Buttercup (duplex comb), and the White Pekin duck (non-comb) comprised the experimental material. Three approaches were made in the study: (1) a comparison of single and duplex comb tissues in development, (2) the influence of testosterone on the developing organ, and (3) tissue combinations in chorio-allantoic grafts. The following results were obtained in this investigation: In both single and duplex comb types, a characteristic elevation, resulting from mesodermal condensation corresponding to the phenotypic pattern, occurred between the 6th and 7th day of incubation. The histological details followed those of earlier authors. Hypertrophy of the comb tissues was produced through an application of testosterone with no observable structural modifications. The earliest determination of the primordium based upon the ability to differentiate comb in chorio-allantoic grafts was Hamburger-Hamilton stage 24 (4 days). Ten different combinations of prospective and non-prospective tissues were made, incorporating homoplastic, heteroplastic and xenoplastic combinations in chorio-allantoic grafts. Presumptive comb mesoderm of the New Hampshire Red differentiated a single comb characteristic of the mesodermal donor, when combined with non-comb ectoderm of the New Hampshire Red, the presumptive comb ectoderm of the Buttercup, non-comb ectoderm of the Buttercup, and forehead ectoderm of the duck. The Buttercup presumptive comb mesoderm developed a duplex structure, characteristic of the Buttercup variety, in association with non-comb ectoderm of the Buttercup, presumptive comb ectoderm of the New Hampshire Red, and non-comb ectoderm of the New Hampshire Red. Presumptive comb ectoderm of neither the New Hampshire Red nor the Buttercup produced a recognizable comb when combined with mesoderm from a number of non-comb sources including forehead mesoderm of the duck. Ectoderm from presumptive feather tracts did not develop feather papillae when incorporated into a comb.