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FOR the past few years one of us (W. O. B.) has been investigating changes in the composition of the oviduct of the immature chick in which folic acid deficiency had been induced by dietary deprivation in contrast to deficiency brought about by the use of antagonists. Some of the results have already been reported1. It has been well established that a specific oviduct growth failure occurs in folic acid deficiency2 and it might be expected that the retarded tissue would show some difference in chemical composition though this aspect does not appear to have been studied by other workers.
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BROWN, W., JACKSON, N. Biochemical Changes associated with Folic Acid Deficiency and Œstrogen Treatment in the Oviduct of the Immature Chick. Nature 179, 1193–1194 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791193a0
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