title: Chimeric plumage coloration produced by ovarian transplantation in chickens.
abstract: Ovaries from Rhode Island Red donors were transplanted orthotopically into White Leghorn recipients. At maturation, recipients were mated with Rhode Island Red roosters to test the origin of their ovaries, using plumage coloration as a marker. A chick with chimeric plumage coloration was produced, indicating mechanisms that produce follicles with both donor and recipient ovarian contents. This study suggests that ovarian transplantation could be useful for in vivo studies of cytological and molecular mechanisms involved in avian folliculogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Agassiz Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Silversides
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005241:Feathers / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D010053:Ovary / Q000637:transplantation*; D010858:Pigmentation; D018183:Transplantation Chimera / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology