title: [Demonstration in Japanese quails of genetic differences in survival from hypoxia].
abstract: 164 quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica; 94 males and 40 females), 27-55 days old and belonging to 9 families, each family being issued from a different couple of parents, were submitted to an acute nitrogen hypoxia which resulted in an overall mortality of 43.29%. The fact that a high statistically significant (p less than 0,001) heterogeneity was pointed out in these different families supports the existence of a genetic component of resistance towards hypoxia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D001947:Breeding; D003370:Coturnix; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D009584:Nitrogen; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen
vernacular_title: Mise en évidence, chez la Caille japonaise, de différences génétiques lors de la survie à l'hypoxie