Duplex comb in the chicken: a multi-allelic trait.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111054

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Duplex comb in the chicken: a multi-allelic trait.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Somes R G

Abstract excerpt

Allelism at the duplex comb locus was studied by means of crosses between the Sicilian Buttercup and La Flèche breeds of chickens and two single combed breeds. The horn V-shaped duplex comb of the La Flèche was shown to be inherited as an incomplete dominant when crossed with single comb birds, a...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chickens
Comb and Wattles
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genes, Dominant
Male
Phenotype

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