Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

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

Davenport, Charles Benedict

Heredity; Poultry

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                                            A. HOUDAN CROSSES                                           |
    +------+---------------------------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+
    |      |           Mother.               |            Father.           |           Offspring.           |
    |      +----+----+-----------------+-----+----+-------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------+
    |Serial|No. |    |                 | No  |    |                   | No. |     |     |     |     |Average |
    |  No. |of  | No.| Races involved. | of  | No.|   Races involved. | of  | 4-4 | 4-5 | 5-5 | 4-6 |num. of |
    |      |pen.|    |                 |toes.|    |                   |toes.|toes.|toes.|toes.|toes.|toes per|
    |      |    |    |                 |     |    |                   |     |     |     |     |     | bird.  |
    +------+----+----+-----------------+-----+----+-------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------+
    |   1  |519A|  87|Houd. × Wh. Legh.| 4-5 |  71|  Wh. Legh.        | 4-4 |  17 |   2 |   6 |  .. |  8.6   |
    |   2  |671 | 742|Min. × Dk. Brah. | 4-4 | 352| Houd. × Dk. Brah. | 4-4 |   8 |   2 |   2 |  .. |  8.5   |
    |      |    |    |                                                      +-----+-----+-----+-----+--------+
    |      |    |    |    Totals (37)                                       |  25 |   4 |   8 |  .. |  8.54  |
    +------+----+----+------------------------------------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------+
    |                                              B. SILKIE CROSSES.                                        |
    +------+----+----+-----------------+-----+----+-------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------+
    |   3  |706 |  10|Wh. Legh.        | 4-4 |1965| Silkie × Spanish  | 5-5 |   4 |  .. |   4 |  .. |  9.00  |
    |   4  |766 |3814|  Do.            | 4-4 | 834| Blk. Game × Silkie| 5-5 |  10 |   4 |   8 |   1 |  9.00  |
    |   5  |766 |  10|  Do.            | 4-4 | 834|     Do.           | 5-5 |   7 |  .. |   5 |  .. |  8.83  |
    |   6  |607 | 203|Frizzle × Silkie | 5-5 |  15| Frizzle           | 4-4 |  15 |   2 |   9 |  .. |  8.77  |
    |   7  |766 |3815|Wh. Legh.        | 4-4 | 834| Blk. Game × Silkie| 5-5 |  11 |  .. |   7 |  .. |  8.77  |
    |   8  |706 |3815|  Do.            | 4-4 |1965| Silkie × Spanish  | 5-5 |   6 |  .. |   3 |  .. |  8.67  |
    |   9  |706 |  71|  Do.            | 4-4 |3823|     Do.           | 5-5 |  18 |   1 |   8 |  .. |  8.63  |
    |  10  |766 |3832|Buff Legh.       | 4-4 | 834| Blk. Game × Silkie| 5-5 |   7 |  .. |   2 |  .. |  8.44  |
    |  11  |706 |3833|  Do.            | 4-4 |1965| Silkie × Spanish  | 5-5 |   3 |   1 |     |  .. |  8.25  |
    |  12  |607 | 230|Frizzle × Silkie | 4-4 |  15| Frizzle           | 4-4 |  23 |   2 |   2 |  .. |  8.22  |

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Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

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