Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

Name: Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl
Author: Davenport, Charles Benedict

Davenport, Charles Benedict

Heredity; Poultry

| No.+-----+-------+------+-----+------------+------+-------------------------------------------------+-------+
    |    | No. | Race. |No. of| No. |  Race.     |No. of|                        Types of toes.[A]        | Aver- |
    |    |     |       | toes.|     |            |  toes+---+----+---+-----+----+---+----+-----+----+-----+ age.  |
    |    |     |       |      |     |            |      |ss.|sd'.|sd.|d'd'.|d'd.|dd.|st'.|d't'.|dt'.|t't'.|       |
    +----+-----+-------+------+-----+------------+------+---+----+---+-----+----+---+----+-----+----+-----+-------+
    | 851| 1002|Cochin.|  4-4 | 7526|Silkie.     |  6-6 |.. | .. | 1 |  .. |  1 | 2 | .. |  .. |  2 |   3 | 10.78 |
    | 851| 3410| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |1? | .. |.. |  .. |  2 | 7 | .. |  .. |  1 |   3 | 10.43 |
    | 815|  131| Do.   |  4-4 |  774| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |   1 | .. | 8 | .. |   1 |  1 |   1 | 10.33 |
    | 851| 2073| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |  .. | .. | 7 |  1 |  .. | .. |   1 | 10.33 |
    | 734|  841| Do.   |  4-4 |  774| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |  .. | .. | 3 | .. |  .. |  1 |  .. | 10.25 |
    | 851|  838| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. | 1 |   1 | .. |11 | .. |  .. | .. |   3 | 10.25 |
    | 851| 2299| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. | 1?|   1 | .. | 4 | .. |  .. | .. |   1 | 10.14 |
    | 851| 5567| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |  .. |  1 |10 |  1 |  .. |  1 |  .. | 10.08 |
    | 734|  840| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |   1 | .. | 7 | .. |  .. | .. |  .. | 10.00 |
    | 734| 1002| Do.   |  4-4 |  774| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |  .. |  2 | 8 | .. |  .. | .. |  .. | 10.00 |
    | 851|  840| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |  .. | .. | 4 | .. |  .. | .. |  .. | 10.00 |
    | 851|  841| Do.   |  4-4 | 7526| Do.        |  6-6 |.. | .. |.. |  .. |  1 | 1 | .. |  .. | .. |  .. | 10.00 |
    | 744|  777|Silkie.|[B]5-6| 1176|Wh. Leghorn.|  4-4 |.. | .. |.. |  .. | .. | 6 | .. |  .. | .. |  .. | 10.00 |
    | 744|  496| Do.   |  6-6 | 1176| Do.        |  4-4 |1? | .. |.. |  .. | .. |12 | .. |  .. |  1 |  .. |  9.93 |
    | 851| 6956|Cochin.|  4-4 | 7526|Silkie.     |  6-6 |4? |  1 |.. |   2 | .. | 3 | .. |  .. | .. |  .. |  9.50 |
    |                                                   +---+----+---+-----+----+---+----+-----+----+-----+-------+
    |            Total (138)                            | 6 |  1 | 3 |   6 |  7 |93 |  2 |   1 |  7 |  12 | 10.13 |
    +---------------------------------------------------+---+----+---+-----+----+---+----+-----+----+-----+-------+
    [A] Of the reduced triplex type (t').
    [B] s, means type of single thumb; d, duplex type; d', reduced duplex; t', reduced triplex.

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Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

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