Study of feathering phenotypes in Hisex Brown parent lines and their hybrids — a population-genetic analysis

Romanov, Michael N. (1994) Study of feathering phenotypes in Hisex Brown parent lines and their hybrids — a population-genetic analysis. In: Proceedings of the 9th European Poultry Conference: Plenary Papers and Contributed Papers. 1. pp. 352-354. Great Britain, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; World's Poultry Science Association, UK Branch, Andover, Hampshire, England, UK ISBN 0-9523602-1-7. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:46313)

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Abstract

Feathering types of the Hisex Brown day old chicks with different breed belonging, Rhode Island Red- and White-like, were studied by methods of population-genetic analysis. It was stated that the Rhode Island Red-like birds were to a great extent early feathering, while the Rhode Island White-like ones were chiefly late feathering. Such a breed differentiation can be attributed to a ‘founder effect’, i.e. the genetic diversity of initial selection material of different breed origin.

The flight feather growth patterns of 10 lines of Hisex Brown, Rhode Island Red (RIR) and Rhode Island White (RIW) crossbred fowls were compared over a period of 4 years. RIR crossbreds tended to be early-feathering, and the RIW crossbreds were mainly late-feathering, although there were marked fluctuations in feathering phenotype frequencies. The differences between line crosses were attributed to the founder effect.

CABI Record No.: 19950100728

Item Type:	Conference or workshop item (Paper)
Uncontrolled keywords:	heritability; sex diagnosis; genetic variation; genetic parameters; chickens; sex; poultry
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Reproduction Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Signature Themes:	Food Systems, Natural Resources and Environment
Depositing User:	Mike Romanov
Date Deposited:	26 Dec 2014 11:11 UTC
Last Modified:	29 May 2024 12:36 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/46313 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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