Article
Orange: a plumage color mutation accompanied by semi-lethality in Japanese quail.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Ito S, Tsudzuki M
Abstract excerpt
A new plumage color mutant, orange, in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) was characterized by the same plumage pattern as in the wild type but with diluted pigmentation on the whole body. Light reddish-brown and light black are predominant instead of heavy brown and heavy black in the wild type....
Topics
- Animals
- Coturnix
- Crosses, Genetic
- Feathers
- Female
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Recessive
- Male
- Mutation
- Pigmentation
- Reproduction