Sonic Hedgehog-Signalling Patterns the Developing Chicken Comb as Revealed by Exploration of the Pea-comb Mutation

Henrik Boije; Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid; Yu-Jen Lee; Freyja Imsland; Nicolas Bruneau; Agathe Vieaud; David Gourichon; Michèle Tixier-Boichard; Bertrand Bed’hom; Leif Andersson; Finn Hallböök

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050890

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Sonic Hedgehog-Signalling Patterns the Developing Chicken Comb as Revealed by Exploration of the Pea-comb Mutation

Henrik Boije,

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid,

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Yu-Jen Lee,

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Freyja Imsland,

Affiliation Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Nicolas Bruneau,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Agathe Vieaud,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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David Gourichon,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UE1295 Poultry Experimental Platform of Tours, Nouzilly, France
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Michèle Tixier-Boichard,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Bertrand Bed’hom,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Leif Andersson,

Affiliations Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Finn Hallböök

* E-mail: finn.hallbook@neuro.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Sonic Hedgehog-Signalling Patterns the Developing Chicken Comb as Revealed by Exploration of the Pea-comb Mutation

Henrik Boije,
Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid,
Yu-Jen Lee,
Freyja Imsland,
Nicolas Bruneau,
Agathe Vieaud,
David Gourichon,
Michèle Tixier-Boichard,
Bertrand Bed’hom,
Leif Andersson

Published: December 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050890

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