r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • Mar 06 '25

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/Altruistic-Resort-56 Mar 06 '25

Keep it alive to have an almost griffin

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u/Miesnieks1171 Mar 06 '25

And reproduce its genetic code to make more

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u/ElSapio Mar 06 '25

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

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u/akrebsel Mar 06 '25

How can you tell?

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

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u/ElSapio Mar 06 '25

Because it’s localized to one segment. Could be a gap gene or hedgehog problem

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u/akrebsel 29d ago

Ah okay thank you

So it’s kind of similar to Ultrabithorax in drosophila?

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u/ElSapio 29d ago

Exactly! I could be wrong though, I was more into molecular biology

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u/akrebsel 29d ago

Okay cool, maybe ill do some research on it

Thanks a bunch though, I appreciate your insight!