26. Frizzles, Frazzles & Feathers: Chicken Genetics.

Let's larn the genetics of some feathering traits, including silkie feathers, frizzle and frazzle, slow and fast feathering and henny (hen) feathering. References Feng C, Gao Y, Dorshorst B, Song C, Gu X, Li Q, Li J, Liu T, Rubin CJ, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Fei J, Li H, Chen K, Qu H, Shu D, Ashwell C, Da Y, Andersson L, Hu X, Li N. 2014. A cis-regulatory mutation of PDSS2 causes silky-feather in chickens. PLoS Genet. 10(8). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... BACON, L.D., SMITH, E., CRITTENDEN L.B. and HAVENSTEIN G.B. 1988. Association of the Slow Feathering (K) and an Endogenous Viral (ev 21) Gene on the Z Chromosome of Chickens. Poultry Science 67 (2), 191-197. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... George FW, Matsumine H, McPhaul MJ, Somes RG Jr, Wilson JD. Inheritance of the henny feathering trait in the golden Campine chicken: evidence for allelism with the gene that causes henny feathering in the Sebright bantam. J Hered. 1990 Mar-Apr;81(2):107-10. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2338489/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_fea... J. JAMES BITGOOD. 1994. A Question on the Locations of the Tardy Feathering and Henny Feathering Loci in the Chicken. Poultry Science 73 (10) , 1485-1488. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Thank you very much for watching, please like, share and subscribe for regular chicken genetics videos.