Article
Identifying the ptilopody (feathered shank) loci of the chicken.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Somes R G
Abstract excerpt
A series of crosses was made involving lightly-, and heavily-, and non-feather-shanked chickens in an attempt to clear up the confusion in the literature concerning the inheritance of feathered shanks in chickens. The Langshan and Brahma breeds were both shown to possess the same single shank-fea...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Chickens
- Crosses, Genetic
- Feathers
- Foot