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PARTHENOGENETIC chickens have been reported as embryos or chicks that lived to a maximum of eight days1–3, except for one triploid White Leghorn chicken4. This chicken was from a virgin White Leghorn hen being tested as a control for a Dark Cornish-type stock which was under genetic selection for a high rate of parthenogenetic development. A cytogenetic study is in progress to determine the origin of parthenogenesis and to obtain parthenogenetic chickens.
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SARVELLA, P. Adult Parthenogenetic Chickens. Nature 243, 171 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243171a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/243171a0
