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NO breed differences in numbers of red blood cells have been reported in poultry1 although Lucas and Dennington2 have shown small differences in hæmoglobin concentration and in the volume of packed red cells between inbred lines of the same breed (White Leghorns, as used in this work). In the results reported here, much more extensive differences in all three characters, which appear to represent a distinct form of variation, have been found.
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JAFFE, P. Differences in Numbers of Erythrocytes between Inbred Lines of Chickens. Nature 186, 978–979 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186978a0
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