Tardy feathering locus (t) located on chromosome 1 in the chicken.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110398

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Tardy feathering locus (t) located on chromosome 1 in the chicken.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Bitgood J J, Kiorpes C A, Arias-C J A

Abstract excerpt

The locus for tardy feathering (t), a recessive autosomal rate of feathering mutation, had been previously suggested to be on chromosome 1 in the chicken. Tests using both pea comb (P) and the breakpoint (B) of a chromosome translocation involving chromosome 1 (MN t(Z;l] verify that t lies on the...

Topics

Animals
Chickens
Chromosome Mapping
Crosses, Genetic
Feathers
Female
Genetic Linkage
Male
Phenotype

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