Article
Dotted white--a plumage color mutant in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Jikken dobutsu. Experimental animals - 1 Jan 1992
Tsudzuki M, Kusano S, Wakasugi N, Morioka H, Esaki K
Abstract excerpt
A plumage color mutant, dotted white (DTW), of Japanese quail is described in this paper. The adult DTW mutant shows white plumage with a small colored spot on the head and/or back. The pigmented spots invariably appear on the dorsal region and never on the ventral region of the body. Some birds lack colored spots and show pure white plumage. The chick of the DTW mutant shows cream yellow plumules similar to...
Topics
- Animals
- Coturnix
- Crosses, Genetic
- Feathers
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Male
- Mutation