OMIA:001701-9031 : Feather colour, blue in Gallus gallus (chicken) |
In other species: budgerigar , Fischer's lovebird , yellow-collared lovebird
Categories: Pigmentation phene
Single-gene trait/disorder: yes
Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Disease-related: no
Key variant known: no
Species-specific description: Andersson et al. (2020): "Blue dilution is another example of a ‘historic’ mutation, used by Bateson and Punnett (1906) to illustrate intermediate dominance. Blue is defined as a characteristic of the Blue Andalusian breed (Lippincott, 1918). In contrast to lavender, the Blue allele (BL*B) modifies only eumelanin (Bohren et al., 1943)."
Breeds:
Andalusian (Chicken) (VBO_0000442),
Rhode Island Red (Chicken) (VBO_0000599),
White Leghorn (Chicken) (VBO_0000646).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. (If a likely causal variant has been documented for the phene, see the variant table breeds in which the variant has been reported).
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:001701-9031: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
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.
2020 | Andersson, L., Bed’hom, B., Chuong, CM., Inaba, M.Inaba, M., Okimoto, R.Okimoto, R., Tixier-Boichard, M. : |
The genetic basis for pigmentation phenotypes in poultry In S. E. Aggrey, H. Zhou, M. Tixier-Boichard, & D. D. Rhoads (Eds.), Advances in Poultry Genetics and Genomics. Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. , 2020. | |
2010 | Minvielle, F., Bed'hom, B., Coville, JL., Ito, S., Inoue-Murayama, M., Gourichon, D. : |
The "silver" Japanese quail and the MITF gene: causal mutation, associated traits and homology with the "blue" chicken plumage. BMC Genet 11:15, 2010. Pubmed reference: 20184729. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-15. | |
1979 | Wilkins, L.M., Brumbaugh, J.A. : |
Complementation and noncomplementation in heterokaryons of three unlinked pigment mutants of the fowl. Somatic Cell Genet 5:427-40, 1979. Pubmed reference: 494058. DOI: 10.1007/BF01538878. | |
1969 | Smith, L.T. : |
On the allelism of blue plumage and dominant white. Poult Sci 48:346-7, 1969. Pubmed reference: 5389850. DOI: 10.3382/ps.0480346. | |
1949 | Warren, DC. : |
Linkage relations of autosomal factors in the fowl. Genetics 34:333-50, 1949. Pubmed reference: 17247319. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/34.3.333. | |
1943 | Bohren, B.B., Conrad, R.M., Warren, D.C. : |
A chemical and histological study of the feather pigments of the domestic fowl. Am. Nat. 77:481–518, 1943. | |
1918 | Lippincott, W.A. : |
The case of the Blue Andalousian. Am. Nat. 52:95–115, 1918. | |
1906 | Bateson, W., Punnett, R.C. : |
Experimental studies in the physiology of heredity – poultry. Rep. Evol. Comm. Roy. Soc. III :11-30, 1906. |
Edit History
- Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Jul 2012
- Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 10 Nov 2023