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Activities of succinic dehydroge-nase, cytochrome c oxidase and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) have been assayed in embryos and day-old chicks from a genetically dystrophic and normal strain of New Hampshire chicks. Results point out possible defects in the cytochrome c oxidase and succinic dehydrogenase systems as the site for the metabolic disturbance in the hereditary muscular dystrophy in chicks.
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