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OMIA 000368-8932 : Feather colour in Columba livia

In other species: chicken , ducks , domestic goose , turkey , Indian peafowl , Eurasian bullfinch , Ring-necked pheasant , Japanese quail , guineafowls , South polar skua , swan goose , superb starling , carrion crow , hooded crow , emperor penguin , red-fronted tinkerbird , yellow-fronted tinkerbird , white wagtail , Mallard

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: no

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.
1992 Haase, E., Ito, S., Sell, A., Wakamatsu, K. :
Melanin concentrations in feathers from wild and domestic pigeons Journal of Heredity 83:64-67, 1992.
1938 Hollander, W.F. :
Inheritance of Certain "Blue-Black" Patterns and "Bleached" Colorations in the Domestic Pigeon. Genetics 23:12-23, 1938. Pubmed reference: 17246873.
1931 Hawkins, L.E. :
Studies on Inheritance in Pigeons. X. Relation of Chocolate to Black and Dominant Red. Genetics 16:547-73, 1931. Pubmed reference: 17246635.
Steele, D.G. :
Studies on Inheritance in Pigeons. IX. the Chocolate-Brown Plumage Color. Genetics 16:532-46, 1931. Pubmed reference: 17246634.
1925 Walker, J.R. :
Inheritance of White Plumage in Pigeons. Genetics 10:593-604, 1925. Pubmed reference: 17246292.
1915 Lloyd-Jones, O. :
Studies on inheritance in pigeons. II. A microscopical and chemical study of the feather pigments. Journal of Experimental Zoology 18:453-459, 1915. DOI: 10.1002/jez.1400180304.
1912 Doncaster, L. :
Notes on inheritance of colour and other characters in pigeons. Journal of Genetics 2:89-98, 1912. DOI: 10.1007/BF02984337.
1911 Morgan, T.H. :
Notes on two crosses between different races of pigeons. Biological Bulletin 21:215-221, 1911. DOI: 10.2307/1536043.

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