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Post by Kristen on Mar 24, 2004 11:46:35 GMT -5
I heard this from a judge and I am questioning the validity of this statement...but he told me that when breeding two birds together, the female determines the type and the male determines the size, feather color and quality of the progeny. I find this somewhat hard to believe...it seems that there are genes on both sides that would be involved in these factors except possibly in cases for those genes on the sex chromosomes (otherwise not entirely restricted to one sex or the other). Does someone know how much this may apply? I would think it would vary also from breed to breed and variety to variety. What does everyone else think? Thanks.
Kristen
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Post by Jigs on Mar 24, 2004 17:10:18 GMT -5
its about 50/50
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Post by Kickingbird on Mar 24, 2004 18:51:39 GMT -5
Jigs is correct. Geneotypicaly it is EXACTLY 50%. The only reason that the phenotype could be different is due to dominate/recessive relationships.
KB
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