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Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

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Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

Charles Benedict Davenport and Kako Morita

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Why does one hen sport an odd comb or an extra toe? Charles Davenport studies the inheritance of characteristics in domestic fowl, tracing the split comb and polydactylism through the laws of heredity. Pioneering genetics conducted in the henhouse. Watch the science of inheritance take shape one chicken at a time.

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48 chapters

  1. 1INHERITANCE OF CHARACTERISTICS IN DOMESTIC FOWL.
  2. 2TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  3. 3INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4CHAPTER I. THE SPLIT OR Y COMB.
  5. 5A. INTERPRETATION OF THE Y COMB.
  6. 6B. VARIABILITY OF THE Y COMB AND INHERITANCE OF THE VARIATIONS.
  7. 7CHAPTER II. POLYDACTYLISM.
  8. 8A. TYPES OF POLYDACTYLISM.
  9. 9B. RESULTS OF HYBRIDIZATION.
  10. 10CHAPTER III. SYNDACTYLISM.
  11. 11A. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM.
  12. 12B. RESULTS OF HYBRIDIZATION.
  13. 13CHAPTER IV. RUMPLESSNESS.
  14. 14CHAPTER V. WINGLESSNESS.
  15. 15CHAPTER VI. BOOTING.
  16. 16A. TYPES OF BOOTING.
  17. 17B. NORMAL VARIABILITY.
  18. 18C. RESULTS OF HYBRIDIZATION.

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