Light down lethal: a new autosomal recessive down color mutation in Japanese quail.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111588

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Light down lethal: a new autosomal recessive down color mutation in Japanese quail.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Tsudzuki M

Abstract excerpt

A new plumage color mutation of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) was named "light down lethal" based on its light coloration of neonatal plumage and almost total mortality by 3 weeks of age. Prehatch mortality of the light down lethal was also higher (36.8%) than the wild type (8.2%). The major...

Topics

Animals
Coturnix
Feathers
Female
Genes, Lethal
Genes, Recessive
Male
Mutation
Pigmentation

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