title: Complete transposition in a chick embryo demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Embryology, Center of Anatomy, Göttingen University, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Männer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steding
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000196:embryology*