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Genetic mapping of the sex-linked barring gene in the chicken.
Poultry science - 1 Sept 2009
Dorshorst B J, Ashwell C M
Abstract excerpt
The sex-linked barring gene of the chicken (Gallus gallus), first identified in 1908, produces an alternating pattern of white and black bars in the adult plumage. More recent studies have shown that melanocytes in the developing feather follicle of the Barred Plymouth Rock experience premature cell death, whereas initially it was thought that melanocytes remained viable in the region of the feather devoid of...
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