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OMIA:001742-9031 : Stubs in Gallus gallus (chicken)

Categories: Integument (skin) phene

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: yes

Species-specific symbol: Ht; sb-1; sb-2

History: A subset of this trait, namely stubs on hocks, was first reported by Serebrovsky (1926). Hays (1943) first reported on the more common type of stubs, namely "short partly grown feathers on the shanks and feet that appear in breeds that are normally clean-legged" (Somes, 1990)

Inheritance: Serebrovsky (1926) reported single-locus autosomal dominant inheritance of stubs on hocks; hence the symbol Ht. Hays (1943) postulated two autosomal loci, with recessive alleles now named sb-1 and sb-2 (Somes, 1990). The jury is still out.

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2012). OMIA:001742-9031: 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.

1990 Somes, R.G. Jr :
Mutations and major variants of plumage and skin in chickens. In "Poultry Breeding and Genetics" (ed. R.D. Crawford), Elsevier, Amsterdam; Chapter 6 :169-208, 1990.
1943 Hays, F.A. :
Inheritance of mottled earlobes and stubs in Rhode Island Reds American Naturalist 77:471-475, 1943.
1926 Serebrovsky, A.S. :
The genetics of the domestic fowl. II. The genetics of leg feathering. Memoirs of the Anikowo Genetical Station, 1926. [Abstracted by L. C. Dunn from the translation of B. F. Glessing] Journal of Heredity 20:111-118, 1926.

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