Further studies on the inheritance of the marbled chickdown phenotype of the domestic fowl.

doi:10.1080/00071669208417531

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Further studies on the inheritance of the marbled chickdown phenotype of the domestic fowl.

British poultry science - 1 Sept 1992

Carefoot W C

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1. An investigation was conducted among the progeny from crosses between Birchen Modern Game and Silver Sebright bantams into the inheritance of the marbled chickdown phenotype of the latter. 2. The marbled chickdown phenotype has been shown to depend upon homozygocity of both the birchen allele...

Topics

Animals
Chickens
Feathers
Female
Homozygote
Male
Phenotype
Pigmentation

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