r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • 29d ago

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/Altruistic-Resort-56 29d ago

Keep it alive to have an almost griffin

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u/Miesnieks1171 29d ago

And reproduce its genetic code to make more

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u/ElSapio 29d ago

Probably not a germline mutation, looks like a signal pathway mutation that happened in the embryo

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u/akrebsel 29d ago

How can you tell?

I’m taking a developmental biology course right now and am genuinely curious

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u/Lechateau 29d ago

A lot of pathways in early embryo development affect symmetry and how poles in the embryo are formed.

When you have repetition of segments or structures you have an indication that one of those pathways failed.