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Two new plumage mutations in the Japanese quail: "curly" feather and "rusty" plumage.
BMC genetics - 11 Mar 2005
Minvielle Francis, Gourichon David, Moussu Chantal
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetics of plumage of Japanese quail is of interest both from a biological standpoint, for comparative studies between avian species, and from a zootechnical standpoint, for identifying commercial selection lines or crosses. There are only few plumage mutations reported in quail, and the present work describes a new color variant "rusty" and a new feather structure "curly", and their heredity...
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