Inheritance of plumage colour in Japanese quails

AZMAT ALAM KHAN; S K MISHRA; S O PRATAP; RAJ NARAYAN

doi:10.56093/ijans.v86i7.59961

Authors

AZMAT ALAM KHAN Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar
S K MISHRA ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh 243 122 India
S O PRATAP ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh 243 122 India
RAJ NARAYAN ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh 243 122 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v86i7.59961

Keywords:

Inheritance, Japanese quail, Plumage colour

Abstract

A complete 4 × 4 diallel cross involving 4 quail populations, 2 of which possessed Pharao, plumage and other 2, White breasted and White plumage pattern was performed and the plumage colour of progeny in different crosses was recorded. The results indicated dominant nature of White breasted and the recessive nature of White feather colour mutations. The inheritance of plumage colours of Pharao, White breasted and White could be explained on the basis of two autosomal plumage color loci.

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