The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual charactersMorgan, Thomas Hunt
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The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual characters
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
Genetics; Poultry; Sex (Biology)
FIGS. 2A, 2B. Upper row, to right, “Transitional” hackle feathers
(2A), and a slightly later changed-over feather from wing-bow (2A),
and from back (2B). Second row, to left, old (2), transitional
(2_a_), and changed-over feather (2_b_), from saddle of Sebright.
FIG. 3. Three feathers (tail-covert, wing-bow, and saddle) of an F₂
hen-feathered game-like male.
FIG. 4. A series of breast feathers from an F₂ bird. At one end of
the series (the left) the feather is spangled, at the other barred.
FIG. 5. A series of breast feathers from another F₂ bird. At one
end of the series (the left) the feathers are penciled, at the
other end they are barred.
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 1
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
1. Black Breasted Game Bantam male.
2. Female.
3. Sebright male.
4. Castrated Sebright male.
]
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 2
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
1. Hen-feathered F₁ male.
2. F₁ female.
3. Castrated F₂ male.
4. Castrated F₁ male (Fig. 1).
]
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 3
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
1. Castrated Sebright male.
2. F₂ Hen-feathered male.
3. Same castrated.
4. F₂ Castrated male.
]
[Illustration:
MORGAN PLATE 4
1. Black-Breasted Game male.
2. Black-Breasted Game female.
3. Sebright male.
4. Sebright female.
5. Hybrid male.
6. Hybrid female.
]
[Illustration:
MORGAN PLATE 5
1. Adult Sebright male.
2. Castrated Sebright male.
3. Castrated F₁ male.
4. Another castrated Sebright male.
5. Castrated Sebright male with testes regenerating.
6. Same as 5 after second removal of testes.
]
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 6
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
Feathers of “light” colored Sebright (1, 2) that changed to
cock-feathers after castration (1ªa, 2ª).]
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 7
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
Feathers of F₁ hen-feathered male before (1), and after (1ª) castration.
Feathers of a darker hen-feathered male before (2), and after (2ª)
castration.]
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 8
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
Feathers from hen-feathered male Sebright (1, 2, 3, 4) that changed to
cock-feathered male (1ª, 2ª, 3ª, 4ª) after castration; and then began to
go back as the testes regenerated (1ᵇ, 2ᵇ, 3ᵇ, 4ᵇ); then changed again
to cock-feathering after castration (1ᶜ, 2ᶜ, 3ᶜ, 4ᶜ).]
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 9
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
Feathers showing complete (1) or incomplete (2 and 3) change from
hen-feathering to cock-feathering (1ª, 2ª, 3ª) after castration.]
[Illustration:
T. H. MORGAN PLATE 10
JULIUS BIEN, N.Y.
Normal. 1, 2; transitional, 1ª, 2ª, and changed-over feathers, 2ᵇ, of
Sebright, 3, 4 and 5. Feathers from F₂ birds.]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The expectation for 1 dominant and 1 recessive factor is so nearly
the same as for 1 dominant alone that for the numbers obtained no
difference between the two cases could be detected.
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