Complete transposition in a chick embryo demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy.
Chick embryos are frequently used as animal models when researching the developing heart. In the past, every attempt to induce complete transposition (the combination of concordant atrioventricular and discordant ventriculo-arterial connections) failed in chicks, suggesting that it might be impossible to develop a chicken model for this malformation. We demonstrate, to the best of our knowledge, the first well-documented case of complete transposition occurring in the chick.
Männer
J
J
Department of Embryology, Center of Anatomy, Göttingen University, Germany.
Seidl
W
W
Steding
G
G
D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000196:embryology*