However, the number of cracked/broken eggs were not noticeable in both groups during consistent egg collection, and the hatchability of mutant eggs was almost the same with that of WT eggs in our previous study [ 18 ], indicating these reduction rates of the eggshell parameters caused by the MSTN mutation may not be practically significant.
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Myostatin Mutation in Japanese Quail Increased Egg Size but Reduced Eggshell Thickness and Strength.
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