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Uropygian gland alkane diol diesters in the K n mutation of the domestic chicken
Author(s) -
Walker H. E.,
Somes R. G.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533619
Subject(s) - mutant , alkane , diol , gene , lipidology , clinical chemistry , biochemistry , long chain , biology , chemistry , fatty acid , organic chemistry , catalysis , polymer science
Uropygial glands from chickens which are know to have the K n gene secrete qualitatively the same types of alkane diol diesters as the normal domestic chicken. However, there are many significant differences in the mole percent of individual fatty acids and diols within the diester between the two genetic types of chickens. In general, the mutant chickens have lesser amounts of the shorter chain fatty acids and diols and greater amounts of the longer chain fatty acids and diols. There is also a gene dosage effect with two mutant genes having a greater effect in many cases than a single mutant gene.