Use of the sex-linked barring (B) gene for chick sexing on an eumelanotic columbian background.

doi:10.3382/ps.0701469

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Use of the sex-linked barring (B) gene for chick sexing on an eumelanotic columbian background.

Poultry science - 1 Jul 1991

Campo J L

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A study was carried out to see whether the near-black down of an eumelanotic columbian phenotype (eWh/eWh, Co/Co, Ml/Ml) could be used in color sexing crosses as a background for the expression of the sex-linked barring (B) gene. Barred (B) and nonbarred (b+) alleles were accurately identified on...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Chickens
Feathers
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Male
Pigmentation
Sex Determination Analysis

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