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The Journal of Heredity 1983:74(3):184-188
© 1983 The American Genetic Association 74:184-188

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Defective feathers in Japanese quail

A two-locus model for a new trait

Janet E. Fulton, Diana M. Juriloff, Kimberly M. Cheng, and Cathleen R. Nichols

Department of Poultry Science University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A2, Canada.
Department of Medical Genetics University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A2, Canada.

Abstract

A new feather-structure mutation in Japanese quail (Cotumix coturnix japonlca) is characterized by short, sparse down at hatch and abnormal barbule structure in subsequent feathers. Initial breeding tests indicated that both a dominant and a recessive factor influenced the trait. Results of further breeding were consistent with genetic control by a dominant mutant geneat one locus whose manifestation is permitted by a recessive epistatic gene at a second, polymorphic locus. The trait shows variable expressivity, with females being more severely affected than males. The dominant mutant was found to be a homozygous lethal. We propose Df as a symbol for the mutant gene, and mdf for the locus controlling Df expression.


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