OMIA 000100-9031 : Baldness, congenital in Gallus gallus |
Mendelian trait/disorder:
yes
Mode of inheritance:
Z-linked recessive
Considered a defect:
yes
Key variant known:
no
Species-specific name:
Supraorbital featherless areas (Hutt, 1932)
Species-specific symbol:
ba
History:
This disorder was first described by Hutt (1932).
Inheritance:
Hutt (1932) provided evidence for autosomal recessive inheritance, but Somes (1989) provided substantial evidence for Z-linked recessive inheritance (with some exceptions).
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
1989 | Somes, R.G. : | |
Hereditary Congenital Baldness - A Sex-Linked Trait in the Domestic Fowl Journal of Heredity 80:493-496, 1989. Pubmed reference: 2614064. | ||
1970 | Somes, R.G. : | |
Congenital baldness, a sex linked trait in the domestic fowl Poultry Science 49:1440 only, 1970. | ||
1932 | Hutt, F.B. : | |
Eight new mutations in the domestic fowl Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of Genetics, Ithaca, New York. 2:96-97, 1932. |
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- Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005
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