Breeding

Extract

The Genetics of the Domestic Fowl. Memoirs of the Anikowo Genetical Station, 1926, Abstracted by L. C. Dunn, Storrs Agr. Exp. Station from the translation of B. F. Glessing. Journal of Heredity, Organ of the American Genetic Association, Nov. 1928 and March 1929.

Contents:

The nomenclature of the Genes, A Short Description of the Genes of the Domestic Hen, The Genestics of Color, Classification of the Genes, The Genetics of Leg Feathering, Types of Leg Feathering, Inheritance of Heel Tufts, Inheritance of Recessive Leg Feathering (Pavloff type) Inheritance of 1002 Type Leg Feathering, Dominant Leg Feathering (Faverolle Type), Pavloff-Faverolle Cross, Leg Feathering in Orloffs, Leg Feathering in a Family of Bantams, Leg Feathering among Progeny of Male 612, Leg Feathering in Brahma Wyandotte Cross.